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The Best Pulled Pork Recipe

The Best Pulled Pork Recipe – This easy pulled pork recipe lets your slow cooker do all the work while making the best pulled pork! Easy, delicious, and the only pulled pork recipe you’ll ever need! 

Pulled pork is easy to prepare, but leaves everyone thinking you tended to it all day long. 

The Best Pulled Pork Recipe

Full of rich, smoky sweetness, pulled pork just couldn’t be easier than this recipe!

How to Make the Best Pulled Pork Recipe in the Slow Cooker

To make our pulled pork in the slow cooker, add your pork, coconut aminos or Worcestershire sauce, and seasonings to the slow cooker in the morning before you head off to work or the day’s activities and you’ll be greeted with a dinner you can have on the table in a flash. I especially love to do this on busy weeknights or even busy weekends so that we have a hearty home cooked meal waiting on us in the evenings.

This slow cooker pulled pork is also perfect for serving on holidays, while tailgating or watching football games and really any time you want an easy, yet delicious and comforting meal to serve!

What to Serve with Pulled Pork

Classic pulled pork (at least in my neck of the woods) is served with sauce on the side, along with pickles and maybe potato chips. But, here are a few of the side dishes that I always love with my pulled pork, whether served as a platter or a pulled pork sandwich!

• Coleslaw – coleslaw is also a favorite topping for pulled porks sandwiches!
• Baked Beans
• Potato Salad

And for dessert, the Southern classic is to serve pulled pork with:

Cream Cheese Pound Cake or Lemon Pound Cake

Whenever I make it, I feel like my kitchen has turned into the most popular BBQ joint when I’m putting these babies on the table. And they are so easy to prepare, you’ll swear you’ll never eat them from a restaurant again.

Here’s how I my easy Pulled Pork recipe. I hope you love it as much as we do!

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The Best Pulled Pork Recipe

The Best Pulled Pork Recipe - This easy pulled pork recipe lets your slow cooker do all the work while making the best pulled pork! Easy, delicious, and the only pulled pork recipe you'll ever need! 

Prep Time5 mins

Cook Time12 hrs

Resting Time5 mins

Total Time12 hrs 5 mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: best pulled pork, easy pulled pork, easy pulled pork recipe, pulled pork, pulled pork recipe, slow cooker pulled pork, slow cooker recipe, the best pulled pork recipe

Servings: 10 servings

Calories: 99kcal

Author: Robyn Stone

Ingredients

• 1 (3-5 pound) Pork Shoulder Blade Roast, Pork Butt or Picnic
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce or coconut aminos
• 1 tablespoon Stone House Seasoning
• barbeque sauce optional

Instructions

• Place pork into the slow cooker. Add a few dashes of Worcestershire sauce to the meat along with the Stone House Seasoning. Cook on low setting of slow cooker for 8-10 hours. Leave meat in the slow cooker on the “warm” setting for about 4 more hours or until the meat easily will pull with two forks. 
• Allow the pork to rest about 5-10 minutes. Then, pull the pork into large pieces using two forks.
• Serve warm with your favorite BBQ sauce.

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Notes

If the pork butt rendered a large amount of pan juices, drain some of the juices away before adding the BBQ sauce.

Make-Ahead:
Store any leftover pulled pork in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week. 

Freezer Friendly:
Allow the pulled pork to cool and then store in a freezer-safe container in the freezer for up to 3 months. 

Nutrition

Calories: 99kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Sodium: 604mg | Potassium: 146mg | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 130IU | Vitamin C: 0.6mg | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 0.5mg

Enjoy!
Robyn xo

From the Add a Pinch recipe archives. Originally published 2010.