Southern Slow Cooker BBQ Pork
There are few things better than a tender succulent slow cooker BBQ pork sandwich smothered in sauce. Here's how to make the best pork without standing over a grill all weekend.
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Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 440kcal
Ingredients
- 3-4 lb pork shoulder
for the spice rub:
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika
- 2 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp garlic salt
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp ground pepper
- ½ tsp cayenne pepper
for the slatherin' sauce
- ½ cup pure maple syrup
- ½ cup apple cider vinegar
- ½ cup brown mustard
- 1 small adobo chile in chipotle sauce, chopped
- 1 tbsp adobo sauce
- ½ cup Lillie's Carolina BBQ sauce #40
- 5 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped fine
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 6 large sandwich buns sesame or onion buns
- ½ cup sweet pickle chips
Instructions
- In a large gallon-size zip bag, combine all the spices in the rub. Add the pork to the bag shaking well to coat the meat. Let rest at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients for the slatherin' sauce- maple syrup through garlic. Mix well. Pour into the bottom of a slow cooker or a crock pot. Set the temperature of the slow cooker to low.
- In a heavy pan over high heat, add 1 tbsp of vegetable oil. Heat oil until just smoking. With heavy duty long tongs, add spice-coated pork and brown all sides taking care not to remove the spice rub. Place browned pork into the slow cooker nestled into the sauce and cook for at least 6-7 hours, covered, or until meat falls apart with pulled with a fork. Meat should be tender. Using tongs, turn the pork at least twice while cooking.
- Remove pork from slow cooker. Place the meat on a cutting board. Cover with foil and let rest for 10 minutes. Chop or pull pork into bite-size pieces. Spoon 1/4 cup of the sauce from the slow cooker into the chopped pork. Pour the remaining sauce from the cooker into a serving dish. Serve chopped pork on sandwich buns with pickles and extra sauce for slatherin'. Serves 5-7
Nutrition
Calories: 440kcal