Pulled pork in the slow cooker
If you have never had pulled pork before or never made it in the slow cooker then you need to read this recipe! I only discovered pulled pork fairly recently and I couldn’t believe how incredible it was, I never got round to making it though as it seemed a bit complicated and time-consuming. Then one day I found out that it can be made in the slow cooker and I’ve made it so many times since then as it’s so quick, easy and delicious.
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Pulled pork in slow cooker
Ingredients:
- Pork - 2kg (shoulder or leg)
- Onions - 2 (yellow)
- Garlic - 4 cloves
- Chicken stock - 200ml
- Sugar - 2 tbsp (heaped, dark brown)
- Salt - 1 tsp
- Pepper - 1/2 tsp (ground)
- Cumin - 2 tsp (heaped, ground)
- Cinnamon - 1 tsp (heaped, ground)
- Chili - 1/2 tsp (ground)
Instructions:
Summary:
- Spread the thinly sliced onions and crushed garlic cloves across the bottom of the slow cooker
- Pour in the chicken stock
- Mix the spices and rub into the pork
- Cook for 9 hours on low
- Pull the pork apart with two forks
- Mix the shredded pork with the onions and some cooking juice
Get your slow cooker ready. Switch the kettle on. Get all your ingredients ready.
Thinly slice the two onions and spread them around the bottom of the slow cooker. Crush the cloves of garlic and add them to the onions.
Pour 200ml of boiled water from the kettle onto a chicken stock cube in a measuring jug, mix and then pour the stock into the slow cooker.
Mix all the spices (sugar, salt, pepper, cumin, cinnamon & chili) in a bowl.
Put the pork on a chopping board keeping the bone in and the skin on if any. Rub all the spice mix around the pork. Put the pork in the slow cooker, on top of everything else.
Cook on low for about 9 hours.
Set the slow cooker to "warm" or keep on low if your slow cooker doesn't have this function. Take the meat out of the slow cooker and put it on a chopping board. Pour all the cooking juice and onions into a bowl. Remove the bone if any and throw it out. Remove most of the fat still on the meat and the rind as well (if you like crackling you can get this by putting the fat in an ovenproof dish, add a bit of salt, and put it under the grill for about 10-15 minutes on full). Now pull the meat apart with two forks and put it back in the slow cooker. With a tablespoon put all the onions back in with enough cooking juice so the meat is not too dry.
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This sounds like a great Sunday Lunch meal..will have to definitely dig out the slow cooker….always found it cooked very tender. #RecipeoftheWeek.
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It would work perfectly as a Sunday lunch meal, and the best thing about doing it in the slow cooker is you get to enjoy pre-meal apéritifs too 🙂
I did pulled pork for the first time last week and was amazed by how much meat we got! We had loads of leftovers which were great in a stir fry! #tastytuesdays
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Hi Kirsty,
Yes, that’s amazing the amount of meat you can get with this recipe so it’s a great one for when you’ve got guests over as well. Please keep in mind though that the whole dish shrinks quite a lot at the end of the cooking… as you can see on the pictures 😉
Ben
I’ve just done pulled pork in the slow cooker today with almost exactly the same recipe. It’s so moist and tasty and I’m looking forward to the leftovers tomorrow.
Corina recently posted…Chocolate Caramel Whoopie Pies
It’s just such a yummy dish, isn’t it? And so nice and easy too – it can’t be beaten!
Wow looks delicious and so many ways you can use it. We don’t eat a lot of pork in this house but sure it would work well with beef! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays
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It is so yummy, I know people who don’t like pork who do eat this dish as it’s nowhere near as dry as usual pork.
I’ve never made pulled pork but you’ve certainly made it look both easy and delicious. I shall give it a go. Thanks for linking up with #recipeoftheweek. I’ve pinned and tweeted this post, and there’s a fresh linky live now for this week. I would love you to pop over and join in 🙂 x
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It is so yummy and so easy to make, if you’ve got a slow cooker then it’s a no-brainer. Thanks for the linky, we’ll be linking up as much as possible now 🙂
This was such an easy recipe to follow – and everything but the pork were storecupboard ingredients. It was moist, succulent, very more-ish. I served it with savoury rice last night, and tonight, we will feast on it again with stirfried noodles and veg. Definitely a dish destined to become a favourite in our house!
So glad that you enjoyed it and found it easy to make – thanks for coming back and sharing 🙂
I’ve pinned this recipe. We made pulled pork for the first time a month or so ago and found it a bit bland. Next we cook it I’ll use this recipe.
Kate Davis recently posted…7 years blogging, 17 years online
Oh do try this one then, it’s far from bland, yummy!
I’ve always wanted to try this in the slow cooker. Yours looks delicious.
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It’s so easy in the slow cooker, and amazing to come home to the smell of it at the end of the day.
Hi Sophie – am planning to cook this tomorrow and just wondering what you serve it with? Some nice crusty bread? Jenny
Hi Jenny,
You can serve it with nice crusty bread on the side, or put the meat into some nice rolls or wraps. It’s quite dry so don’t serve it with rice or pasta. Otherwise potatoes in any way, shape or form are quite good – in particular jacket potatoes.
Let us know how you get on
Sophie x
It was absolutely delicious and a complete hit with our family and our guests. Served with a selection of crusty breads and wraps, homemade apple sauce and a mixed green salad. Will definitely be cooking it again. Best thing is there are some leftovers for tomorrow. 🙂
I’m so glad it went well, it’s such a fab dish as it’s just so easy to make and is always a massive success!
I have just ordered my first slow cooker and cannot wait to get going with it. My husband has requested pulled pork, so I’ve pinned this and will christen it with this one! Thanks
Your life is about to change!!! Slow cookers are the BEST!!! Enjoy and let us know how you get on with the pulled pork.
This is delicious. I froze leftovers and use to make “kebabs” in pita bread with salad.
What a great use of the leftovers 🙂