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easy pulled pork (slow cooker)

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Recipe by
Carolyn Haas
@Linky1
Whitewater, WI

My picky family is agreed they all like pulled pork and since most of us are trying to lose some weight, I really tried to eliminate as much fat and sugar as I could. Country ribs were much cheaper than a pork butt roast. There was considerable fat once I took them out of the package. By the time I was done trimming off the fat my 3 pound package of meat weighed closer to 2 1/2 pounds. But when the cooking liquid cooled, there was hardly any fat on top, so I must have been successful! Forgot to photo - next time!!

yield 8 -10
prep time 8 Hr 30 Min
cook time 10 Hr
method Slow Cooker Crock Pot

Ingredients For easy pulled pork (slow cooker)

  • 2 1/2- 3 lb
    country ribs from pork butt
  • 2 md
    onions
  • 1 c
    diet ginger ale
  • 1 c
    bbq sauce (favorite kind)
  • RUB INGREDIENTS
  • 1 Tbsp
    light brown sugar, packed
  • 1 tsp
    stevia (1 little packet)
  • 1 Tbsp
    paprika
  • 2 tsp
    salt
  • 1 tsp
    pepper
  • 1 tsp
    spicy mustard
  • 1/4 tsp
    cayenne pepper

How To Make easy pulled pork (slow cooker)

  • 1
    The night before you want to serve this: Cut off as much fat as possible from meat. Place in zip bag.
  • 2
    Mix rub ingredients together, add to meat and massage everything together so the meat is covered. Place in refrigerator.
  • 3
    Next morning: Slice one onion and distribute on bottom of crock pot. Place meat on top and cover with slices of remaining onion. Pour in the ginger ale.
  • 4
    Cook on HIGH for 8 hours or so. Remove meat to cutting board and pour liquid into measuring cup.
  • 5
    Use two forks to pull meat apart. The onions will be quite soft and can be pulled along with meat.
  • 6
    Return meat to crock pot. Add BBQ sauce and some of the liquid - depending on how dry the pork is. If you want to strain out the remaining onion from the reserved liquid, you can add it back to the meat. Or not.
  • 7
    Cook for another 1-2 hours on LOW. If it seems too dry, add a bit more reserved cooking liquid.
  • 8
    Serve on buns with coleslaw and pickles.
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