Pulled Pork
This is way more of a method than an actual recipe. Mostly because I always have different spices on hand to throw into the rub.
I started making this a few months ago and it is now in heavy rotation in my meal planning because it is cheap, tasty, not too bad for calories and I have a weird obsess with BBQ.
Seriously, obsessed.
Anyway, this is what you need.
Ingredients:
1 pork roast. I always use shoulder, bone in.
1 cup brown sugar (basically the only constant in my rub)
The rest is up to you. Mostly I use garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, chill flakes and salt and pepper. Super easy.
Steps:
1. Mix your brown sugar with all the spices.
2. Rub all over the roast. Make sure you cover every spot, you want the flavour to really get
into the roast.
3. Wrap your pork in plastic wrap and stick it in the fridge. I usually let it sit one or two days.
4. Put your roast in your slow cooker with 3 cups of liquid. I've used apple juice and water.
My sister uses coke or root beer. I bet mustard and water would be good, whatever, you drain it after anyway so I usually just use plain water.
5. After your pork is cooked (a solid 8-10 hours on low), drain the liquid and shred the pork. It should just fall apart. Add barbecue sauce. Depending on how much roast you have, use enough barbecue sauce to lightly coat the shredded pork.
Price wise: My roast was $14. Pulled pork has lasted me two weeks before. It freezes very well, so you can just pull out however you need and refreeze. Also you can add it to pizza, pasta maybe, I usually just eat it on a whole wheat bun with plain broccoli slaw. Yum! So per portion, it's about $1 (not including the spices, which you probably already have on hand.)
