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Pulled Pork with Sweet and Hard Cider

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Pulled Pork with Sweet and Hard Cider

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by WinnieAb

Pulled Pork with Sweet and Hard Cider

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by WinnieAb

  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Pork with Cider
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    WinnieAb's Notes: I love slow cooked pulled pork, and it's quite simple to make in a crockpot. Sometimes I make it with bottled barbeque sauce, but this recipe features a less sweet, tangier sauce based on...

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Serves 6-8

  1. In a large bowl, mix together both ciders, ketchup, brown sugar, cumin, paprika, garlic power and hot sauce.

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  2. Place half of the onions in the bottom of a 4 1/2- to 6-quart crockpot/slow cooker.

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  3. Put the pork shoulder on top of the onions and pour the sauce over the pork. Top with the rest of the onions.

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  4. Cover slow cooker with lid and cook pork mixture on high for 4 hours (or on low for 8 hours), or until pork is very tender.

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  5. With tongs, transfer pork to large bowl. Turn crockpot to high, cover, and heat sauce to boiling to thicken and reduce slightly (alternatively, this can be done in a pan on the stove).

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  6. While sauce boils, use 2 forks to pull pork into shreds. Return shredded pork to crockpot with the sauce and allow to cook for an additional 30 minutes on the high setting.

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  7. Serve pulled pork with or without sandwich buns; delicious with cole slaw and/or cranberry chutney!

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N13601680_38911497_4967 Reply

Oh wow, this looks like a wonderful recipe. I've just returned from vegetarianism, so you can imagine how good this looks to me. Have you ever made it on the stove or in the oven? Just wondering if I could modify--my crockpot is tiny.

Dsc_0019_2 Reply

I love pulled pork in the slow-cooker! Once someone gave me a recipe to make it with Dr. Pepper (!) but I much prefer your idea of using cider.

Chocolate_peppermint_truffle_cookies_032 Reply

I love pulled pork! What a great idea.

Food52_photo Reply

Me, too. Looks delicious.

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