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Slow Cooked Barbecue Pork

Moist and tender shredded pork using your favorite barbecue sauce. Perfect for the slow cooker or can be slow roasted in the oven. Takes only minutes to prep.

Ingredients:

• 3 - 4 lb pork roast such as pork shoulder/pork butt, bone in or boneless
• 2 cups water
• 1 large onion, sliced
  
  1 18 oz bottle of your favorite barbecue sauce or homemade barbecue sauce

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
2. In a Dutch oven or heavy oven safe pot with lid, add pork roast. No need to sear before cooking.
3. Add water and place the sliced onion around the roast.
4. Cover and cook in 250 degree oven for about 3 to 5 hours until meat easily shreds with a fork. (Temperature of the meat should be between 180 degrees and 190 degrees.)
5. Remove pork from pot to a large cutting board.  Discard liquid and onion. (You can save the broth for a later use if desired.)
6. Remove any visible fat and shred with your hands or two forks.
7. Return shredded pork to pot and add enough barbecue sauce to your liking. Stir until well combined.
8. Cover and cook on stovetop on low until heated through completely or return the pot to the oven to heat through.
9. Serve with rolls if desired. Potato rolls are great with this.

Slow Cooker Method:

1. In a slow cooker, add pork roast. No need to sear before cooking.
2. Add water and place the sliced onion around the roast.
3. Cover and cook for 8 to 10 hours until meat easily shreds with a fork.
4. Remove pork from pot to a large cutting board. Discard liquid and onion. (You can save the broth for a later use if desired.)
5. Remove any visible fat and shred with your hands or two forks.
6. Return shredded pork to slow cooker and add enough barbecue sauce to your liking. Stir until combined.
7. Cover and cook on low until heated through completely.

Comments:

- I like to use pork shoulder/pork butt for this recipe. It lends a very moist and tender meat. However, you can easily use a leaner pork if desired.

Tips:

- Make this on Sunday and reheat for a weekday meal.

- Our family likes Sweet Baby Ray's or KC Masterpiece which are pretty sweet. A less sweet barbecue sauce that has excellent flavor is Stubb's Original Barbecue Sauce.

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