Grandpa's Favorite BBQ Pork
Grandpa's Favorite BBQ Pork is a delicious and easy pulled pork slow cooker recipe. This easy slow cooker pulled pork recipe only takes 10 minutes to prepare, and then you can let it cook for several hours in your slow cooker to tender perfection. The sauce is comprised of of simple ingredients, such as mustard, ketchup, and Worcestershire sauce. Serve up this delicious pork dish at your next potluck, or just for a weeknight meal.
Notes
If the pork is tied with butcher’s string, leave the string on.
To make the recipe even simpler, substitute your favorite bottled barbecue sauce.
Serves8
Preparation Time10 min
Slow Cooker Time LOW8 hr
Ingredients
- 3 1/2 pound boneless blade pork roast
- 3 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1/3 cup onion, diced
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/3 cup lemon juice, OR cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoon brown sugar, packed
- 2 tablespoon mustard
- 2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Instructions
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In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter.
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Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until translucent, about 5 minutes.
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Add the ketchup, water, lemon juice, brown sugar, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and salt and bring to a boil over high heat.
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Reduce to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes.
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Remove from the heat and set aside to cool.
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Place the pork in a slow cooker.
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Reserve 1 cup of the sauce and set the remaining aside in the refrigerator.
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Use a meat injector to inject the 1 cup of sauce into the meat, piercing it all over 6 to 10 times (depending on your meat injector, you may need to strain the sauce first).
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Cover the meat and cook on LOW 6 to 8 hours, until the meat is very tender.
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About 30 minutes before the meat is done, bring the remaining sauce to room temperature.
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Serve the meat with the sauce.