{Crock Pot} Apple Cider Pulled Pork
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Serves: 4-6
 
Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon chili powder
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon cumin
  • ½ teaspoon paprika
  • ½ teaspoon dry mustard
  • 1 (4-6 pound) pork shoulder or pork butt
  • ¼ cup liquid smoke
  • 2 medium yellow onions, thinly sliced
  • 1 cup apple cider
    FOR THE APPLE CIDER SAUCE
  • 1 cup pan broth
  • 1½ cups apple cider
  • ½ cup apple cider vinegar
  • ½ cup dark brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon hot sauce (such as tabasco)
  • 1 teaspoon hickory liquid smoke
  • ½ teaspoon paprika
Preparation Instructions
  1. In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, chili powder, salt, cumin, paprika and dry mustard.
  2. Sprinkle the liquid smoke all over the pork butt, I know it sounds like a lot but do it anyway, then rub the spice mixture all over.
  3. Place the sliced onions in the bottom of the crockpot and then pour in the apple cider. Place the pork on top, put the lid on and cook 10 hours on low. To be able to pull the pork, you really need to cook on the longest, slowest setting. In my experience, meat won't pull unless cooked this way.
  4. About 45 minutes before you want to serve it up, place 1 cup of the cooking liquid from the crock pot into a saucepan, add the rest of the sauce ingredients, stir to combine and then bring to a simmer over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium and keep it at a fairly hard simmer until it thickens, about 30 minutes (keep a close eye on it).
  5. While the sauce is simmering, use a couple forks to shred, or pull, the pork. Add it back into the crockpot with the onions and some of the cooking liquid as you work.
  6. Once the meat is all pulled and the sauce will coat the back of a spoon, slowly pour some of the sauce over the meat and toss as you go, just put enough sauce on to coat it and make it nice and moist.
  7. Serve the pulled pork with the extra sauce.
Recipe by Foods of Our Lives at https://www.foodsofourlives.com/2013/12/crock-pot-apple-cider-pulled-pork/