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Yield: 8 -10 servings

Best Pulled Pork

This pulled pork recipe with homemade coleslaw makes the best pulled pork sandwiches of your life. Tender and juicy pork is slow-cooked over 8 hours and is perfectly complimented by crunchy, tangy coleslaw. Easy, delicious, and a huge crowd-pleaser.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time8 hours
Total Time8 hours 15 minutes

Ingredients

Pulled Pork:

  • 2 tablespoons smoked paprika
  • 1 tablespoon cumin
  • 1.5 teaspoons celery salt
  • ¼ cup light brown sugar
  • 2.5 lbs boneless pork loin, pork shoulder or pork butt also work well
  • 1 large onion sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 cup coke, or similar dark soda
  • cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1 cup bbq sauce, optional (I use Sweet Baby Rays Original)

Coleslaw:

  • 1 14 oz bag of shredded cabbage (or 1 head of fresh cabbage shredded)
  • ½ cup mayonnaise
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon celery seeds
  • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
  • Salt & pepper, to taste

For serving:

  • hamburger buns
  • extra bbq sauce, optional

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Instructions 

  • Mix smoked paprika, cumin and celery salt, brown sugar and mix together into a spice rub. Cover the entire pork roast with the spice rub and place pork into your crockpot.
  • Cover roast with sliced onions and garlic. Add the coke and apple cider vinegar to the crock pot, cover and cook on low heat for 8 hours.
  • Prep Coleslaw: 1 hour before serving, mix mayonnaise, vinegar, celery seeds, sugar and salt and pepper. Pour over cabbage mix and toss to coat. Refrigerate coleslaw for one hour.
  • When you are ready to serve, remove the roast from the crock pot and use 2 forks to shred the meat. Add in about ¼ cup of the leftover juice from the crockpot to the meat.
  • Optional: I like to add about 1 cup of BBQ sauce to the pork. You can taste and see if you would like to add more.
  • Serve on lightly toasted hamburger buns with the coleslaw and cooked onions from the crockpot!

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Notes

Instant Pot Directions: Pour coke and apple cider into the bottom of the instant pot. Follow step one, except place pork in instant pot instead of a crockpot. Cover roast with sliced onions and garlic. Cook on manual high pressure for 85 minutes. Do a natural, slow pressure release. Then follow directions from #4 down!

Nutrition

Serving: 1, Calories: 412kcal, Carbohydrates: 27g, Protein: 32g, Fat: 19g, Saturated Fat: 5g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 12g, Cholesterol: 95mg, Sodium: 690mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 20g