Easy and Incredible Slow Cooker Pulled Pork

This Slow Cooker Pulled Pork recipe is an outstanding one. Super easy and off the scale delicious. All of my family love it and the left overs are just so versatile. Sweet and smoky with a piggy back note, it's god damn good.

Everyone I have ever served this BBQ Shredded Pork to goes honkytonk wild for it. It is a BBQ taste sensation.

Perfect for a relaxed family meal or easy entertaining. It is super easy and practically makes itself. You could add whatever sauce floats your boat, it doesn't have to be BBQ, it just DOES for me.

Here at Apply To Face Blog HQ I am constantly looking for recipes that produce a taste wallop with virtually very little effort.

I can't be doing with too much faff in any area of my life. So if you're a skip stepper then I'm your gal. Today I am very excited to share this humdinger of a recipe with you all.

This recipe tastes as if it was started last Tuesday by a cooking cult that have been studying their subject for the past 500 years and have been living isolated in the wilderness with nothing but pork shoulder joints, the finest spices and an endless supply of slow cookers.

There is a full printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.

Jump to:

• What Cut of Pork Should You Use For Pulled Pork?
• What BBQ Sauce Should I Use?
• What Slow Cooker/Crock Pot Do I Need?
• Ingredients
• Method
• Serving Suggestions
• How To Store Leftovers
• More Slow Cooker Meals
• Slow Cooker Pulled Pork (UK Version)

What Cut of Pork Should You Use For Pulled Pork?

The best cut of Pork to use here is a boned Shoulder of Pork Joint and don't let anyone tell you different. Long and slow cooking makes it all just fall apart in a big old juicy pile.

I like to remove the big layer of fat/rind that you get on top. It's usually tied around the joint with string. I simply snip the string and then carefully remove the bulk of the fat. You can always make crackling with it. See my Roast Pork with Crackling recipe.

What BBQ Sauce Should I Use?

I use my favourite Bottled BBQ Sauce. You can of course make your own but I can't be bothered I'm afraid. I am more than happy with my choice. I do add  Garlic Granules, Onion Powder and Fine Salt along with Fajita seasoning in there. That is as faffy as it gets.

What Slow Cooker/Crock Pot Do I Need?

I have the cheapest Slow Cooker on the planet and it is a smaller one too, 3.5ltr. It doesn't need to be fancy pants.

All it needs to be able to do is cook the pork consistently on Low for a minimum of 8 hours, I often leave it for longer. You could cook it on High for ⅘ hours but it will not give you such soft and tender meat.

Ingredients

• 2 kg boneless shoulder joint
• 250 mls bbq sauce
• 1 tsp garlic granules
• 1 tbsp fajita seasoning
• 1 tsp salt

Method

You don't need to marinate the joint ahead of time. You're not going to get enough flavour into it cold in the fridge to rival that which you will get into it in 8 hours in the slow cooker. Let's save our strength people.

• I use a 2 kg deboned pork shoulder joint for this recipe. It serves a family of four generously with enough for leftovers.
• Remove the rind/skin by snipping the string and carefully trimming it off along with most of the fat directly underneath.
• Mix 1 tbsp of Fajita Seasoning and 1 tsp of Garlic Granules and  Salt together into 250 mls of pre bought BBQ Sauce.
• Simply put the Pork Shoulder Joint into the Slow Cooker and pour 100 mls of the BBQ Sauce in on top.

• Give it all a jolly good rub about.

• I then cook it on Low baby for at least 8 hours. In fact I often leave it to cook overnight if I'm going to bed late.

I'm sure I can hear the I Was Born Under A Wandering Star Sound Track in the distance? Anyone else?

You can actually leave it for longer than 8 hours if it suits you. I am talking another couple or so hours even. This joint of meat is crazy accommodating.

• Lift it out carefully. It may break up as you do so. Make sure you're not wearing white!
• Place it on a chopping board and use two forks to shred the whole lot. I do remove any remaining fatty pieces and discard.

• I do discard the cooking juice, I'm sure controversially. You could keep it and simmer it down until thicker in consistency and mix it back into the pork, lessening the amount of shop bought BBQ sauce you then require.

• I just don't want to wait or spend 15 minutes getting the sauce tasting right. I'm too busy. Ask me again in ten years time when life is slower and I can hear myself think.

• Place all the pork in a large mixing bowl with the remaining BBQ Sauce and mix well.

Do add more sauce to get the exact flavour you like if this amount is not enough. I then put the whole lot back in the slow cooker pot to keep warm on Low if I'm not ready for it straight away.

Serving Suggestions

My absolute favourite way to serve this is in toasted Brioche Buns with coleslaw, sweetcorn cobs and potato wedges. The whole meal just flat out sings together. It's the Fred and Ginger of the Pulled Pork World.

I toast the Brioche Buns for 5-7 mins in a hot oven before filling them generously with the shredded pork.

I roast the sweetcorn cobs wrapped in silver foil in a hot oven until tender. About 45 mins to an hour. Obviously I melt a little salted butter over them.

Other options are

• Sweet Potato Fries
• Potato Salad
• Apple and Carrot Salad
• Rainbow Slaw
• Slow Cooker Red Cabbage
• Braised Red Cabbage
• Dauphinoise Potatoes
• Slow Cooker Dauphinoise Potatoes
• Oven Baked Potato Wedges
• Cheesy Mash
• Slow Cooker Mash

Any vegetable or salad that goes with pork is applicable here.

If  you are looking to feed more of a crowd then simply double the ingredients as long as you have a big enough Slow Cooker/Crock Pot. if you don't then make it in 2 batches.

How To Store Leftovers

Cool quickly and store covered in the fridge for a couple of days.

I use it for more Brioche Pulled Pork Burgers or sandwiches and rolls. You could also use the leftover pork for Burritos filled with beans, rice and cheese.

I sometimes mix it together with fried rice, soy sauce and a handful of sweetcorn and petit pois.

More Slow Cooker Meals

• Brisket Buns
• Slow Cooker Chicken Curry
• Slow Cooker Spaghetti Bolognese
• Slow Cooker Moroccan Lamb Stew
• Slow Cooker Chilli Con Carne
• Slow Cooker Sausage Casserole

Do let me know how you got on in the comments below. I do love a good old hairy chinwag.