SLow Cooker Carolina Pulled Pork

Ok this is a huge favorite around here. It is a slow cooker meal that takes about 5 minutes to prep then you get to forget about it for the next 8 hours



For those of you not from the south, we take our BBQ very seriously. My family is originally from Charleston, SC. Where I grew up our BBQ sauce is a mustard, vinegar, sugar, and various spices. This comes from a large German population that settled in the area. In Germany, pork and mustard are like PB&J here. Eastern North Carolina however, is a more vinegar based sauce with black pepper and hot chili pepper flakes. Their sauce has little to no sugar in it. Lastly there is Western North Carolina. Theirs is a more vinegar and tomato based sauce.

My favorite sauce is something of a mix between the Charleston mustard based sauce I grew up with and the vinegar based sauce I came to enjoy since my husband has been stationed on the coast of NC. I hope you enjoy it as much as my family does!

Ingredients

FOR THE pork:




• 2 yellow onions, quartered
• 5 lbs pork shoulder
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp sugar
• 2 tsp brown sugar
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp liquid smoke

FOR THE sauce:

• 1 cup cider vinegar
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp mustard powder
• 1/3 cup Worcestershire sauce
• 1  1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
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utensils you will need:

• slow cooker
• cutting board
• cutting knife
• small mixing bowl
• 2 forks 
• large bowl for cooked pork

Directions

FOR THE PORK:

1. Throw 2 quartered yellow onions in bottom of slow cooker
2. Place pork shoulder on top of onions
3. Blend brown sugar, paprika, salt, and pepper.
4. Rub over roast                                                            
5. Drizzle liquid smoke over roast
6. Mix remaining ingredients together in small mixing bowl. 
7. Pour 1/4 of the mixture over the roast.           
8. Cover and refrigerate remaining mixture for later use
9. Slow cook roast on low for 8-10 hours                   
10. When timer goes off, remove pork from slow cooker **the meat will literally be falling apart so will not come out in one piece.                                    
11. Shred pork into bite size chunks. This can be accomplished by hand or with 2 forks. Be sure to remove any excess fat as you go. Nothing worse than biting into a large chunk of fat. Ewww.
12. Discard onions in crockpot but reserve about a cup of the juice to add to remaining refrigerated vinegar mixture.                                                        
13. Serve alone or as sandwiches with vinegar mixture to top per your individual taste. 
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