Tasty Tuesday

Crockpot Dr. Pepper Pulled Pork

Ingredients:

5 lb. boneless pork shoulder, cut into large chunks

2 tablespoons oil

S&P

12 oz. Dr. Pepper (or Root Beer)

Your favorite BBQ sauce

Directions:

Sprinkle pork with S&P.  Heat oil over medium heat in a large heavy pot or dutch oven.  Sear pork shoulder pieces a few at a time until all sides are browned and caramelized.  Add pork to a slow cooker as they finish.

Pour soda over pork and turn slow cooker to low and cook 8-20 hours.

To serve, use two forks to slightly shred meat leaving some larger pieces.  Split buns or dinner rolls and lightly toast.  Toss each serving with a little BBQ sauce just to moisten.

***YUM!  I love this because I'm not a huge fan of my sandwich being soaked in BBQ sauce.  To give the meat a little more sweet and tangy flavor, I added about 1/4 cup of sauce to the pork.  It was enough to give it the flavor but not overpower it and drench it in bbq sauce.  The pork itself, alone was fantastic and could be served plain with bottles of sauce on the side for each person's liking.***