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Slow Cooker Pulled Pork

Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Sandwiches

Juicy, tender pulled pork cooked low and slow with BBQ sauce, piled high on buns with pickles. Ingredients:
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 15 minutes
Servings: 8
Course: Main
Cuisine: American
Calories: 420
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 3 –4 lbs pork shoulder or pork butt
  • 1 large onion sliced
  • 3 garlic cloves minced
  • 2 cups BBQ sauce
  • 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp chili powder
  • Salt & pepper to taste
  • Buns and pickles for serving

Method
 

  1. Season pork with spices.
    Raw pork shoulder seasoned with spices for slow cooker pulled pork sandwiches
  2. Place onion and garlic in slow cooker, add pork on top.
    Pork shoulder placed over sliced onions and garlic in slow cooker
  3. Mix BBQ sauce, vinegar, and brown sugar; pour over pork.
    BBQ sauce mixture poured over pork shoulder in slow cooker
  4. Cook LOW 8–10 hours or HIGH 4–5 hours.
    Pork cooking low and slow in covered slow cooker
  5. Shred pork and mix with sauce.
    Shredded slow cooked pork ready for sandwiches
  6. Serve on buns with pickles.
    Slow cooker pulled pork sandwich with pickles on sesame bun

Notes

Toast buns to prevent sogginess. Add hot sauce if you like it spicy.