The pulled pork is new for me. Some of you may or may not know this, but I dont eat pig. I think its a filthy animal and other than bacon I have never seen a purpose. Mostly becuz I hate ham, and my grandma was a ham-pusher and every Christmas would force us all to have ham because "Everyone likes ham".
But I went to one of K's family functions and they served pulled pork as the main meal. I was hesitant but hungry so I tried it. HOLY crapola it was delicious. Saucy and meaty and sweet but full flavor. Oh geez!
So I planned when I got my hands on a crock pot that I'd try my hand at this pulled pork-ed-ness.
So here we go.
Step One: Assemble ingredients. Many recipes called for all kinds of extra stuff but I like the 'bare minimum' ingredients.
For this recipe you need:
Pork Tenderloin, A can of root beer, and a bottle (or two) of your fave BBQ sauce. My colleagues recommended Stubs' so that's what I got! You want to buy the pork fresh and not defrost or freeze it.. the freshness makes it easier to pull and taste better (or so I'm told).
Then you take the pork out of its casing and put it in the bottom of the crock pot. Doesnt it look like a weird alien or something?
Then you pour in a whole can of root beer. Some recipes call for ginger ale but it doesnt matter. I think the key is to submerge the pork so it kinda cooks into its own juices.
Set it on low for at least 6 hrs!
Then you dump the juice and pull the pork apart. Literally you take two forks and just shred it. It is so tender it falls apart pretty easily!.
Then you add a whole bottle/jar of BBQ sauce and you stir it up and its pretty much ready to serve. I left the crock pot on low to keep it all congealing and warm for our guests to eat. Put out some hamburger buns and your ready to go!
So its SUPER easy,, not terribly healthy but if you divide the bbq portions out it might not be TOTALLY bad. And its delicious. So set your crockers tonite for something sweet and tasty!
6 comments:
Wow! I'm impressed with your adventurous culinary spirit!! I always wondered how that was made!
Funny about grandma! I remember her telling me that "everyone likes ham" too! Which begs the question, why did she think everyone liked ham, when at least two of her family members had told her they hated it?!?
lol.
mmmm that looks good! thanks for the recipe! I've been looking for good crockpot recipes lately:) I'm also not a ham/pig/pork eater, but I do love red meat now!!!! (especially roast beef which I'm going to try and make next week!!)
NIkki, you should try it its SOOO good, its like chicken wings, but sweeter and less fighting against bones!:)
I'm proud of Dannielle the cook. As for me, your semi-kosher friend won't eat the pork under any circunstances. I bring spicy/cheesy potato soup to potluck. yum.
Lucy Lu,,, what about using chicken breasts instead of pork! It might have to slow-cook a bit and you'd want to use boneless skinless so you can just rip it apart and not go digging for the bones! I'd say try it!!! Its so tasty and good
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