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Tuesday 11 November 2014

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Pulled Pork Crock Pot Recipe Biography

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I’m sick. In my dramatic mind it seems like it’s been weeks since I’ve felt normal, but it’s actually only been about 7 days. I’ve cycled through the typical flu symptoms a couple of times and have been donning a bright red, chapped nose for about four days. Needless to say I’m not looking so hot, nor do I have any desire to cook or bake.

Actually the thought of being in the kitchen kind of revolts me because blowing my nose and hacking up a lung don’t necessarily go hand in hand with food preparation…if ya know what I mean.

I have been relying on simplicity and the crock pot has become my new BFF. I have been making this pulled pork for years. Randomly, I found the recipe on a make up (yes, as is blushes and eyeshadows) related message board that I used to frequent.

Little known fact: I’m not just a baking addict, I also have a serious thing for make up. I’ve got enough eye shadows and blushes in my arsenal to paint up my face for the next 30 years. It’s a sickness, I tell ya. Anyway, this pulled pork circulated through this message board like wild fire. Everyone was making it and raving about it’s results although no one was really sure where it originated.

It’s simple, delicious, and most importantly can be slow cooked all day in the crockpot which requires very little effort. It gets a glorious rub down of brown sugar, paprika and other spices before being cooked in a tangy cider vinegar sauce. After about 10 hours in the crock pot, you’re left with incredibly tender, succulent, and flavorful pork. I typically shred it up and serve on slider buns with a side of homemade coleslaw. Honestly, it doesn’t get much easier than this and it feeds a crowd, so there’s always leftovers – which, by the way, are incredible!

i having been making this and tweaking the recipe for years...this way is definitely my family's (and everyone else who tastes it) favorite! The sauce (or gravy. its kind of a combination of both!) tastes fantastic over mashed potatoes too!

I should probably, in the spirit of full disclosure, tell you that I am not from the South. I am from California, and to me, barbecue means meat cooked on a grill, over an open flame, ideally on the rare side. Heck, you could even throw some corn on there. Or artichokes. Or be really crazy and barbecue some avocados . Carolina Pulled Pork is not part of my cultural history.

Fortunately for you all, this recipe is not one of my family recipes. It’s from my friend Mallory, who is from Illinois but LIVES in South Carolina, and she’s married to a North Carolinan (Carolingian?) to boot. Carolina Pulled Pork isn’t the style of barbecue most of you Yankees think of — there is no tomato, no molasses, no honey, no sweet and sticky sauce. Just vinegar, and lots of it. This is sour barbecue, and I love it. Hello, my name is Kate and I am addicted to things that are tart.

Of course, a real barbecue aficionado will point out that this is not barbecue at all because there is no fire or smoke, and that would be true, but let’s just ignore that, because I don’t know about you but I don’t have a barrel smoker in my yard – heck, I don’t have a yard – and a crockpot will just have to do.

I will further horrify barbecue aficionados by telling you that while I do make this with a pork shoulder or butt (and don’t try a loin, because it will be dry as dry and will be like sawdust. Sadly, you do need the fat here) I cut off the big piece of fat that is on top of that shoulder. You’ll know it when you see it. I’m no fat free nut (as my enduring love of bacon attests), but that big slab of fat kind of grosses me out, so it has to go. If you really love the lard, go ahead and render it. I won’t mind. After you cut off the fat, you rub the meat with spices, and set it atop some onions in your crockpot.

Carolina Barbecue BBQ Pulled Pork

Then you mix up the kicker – the vinegar sauce. Vinegar, a little sugar, some salt, some seasonings. A little more vinegar. Did I mention I like things tart? You pour part of the vinegar mixture over the pork, you cover it, turn your slow cooker to low, and walk away for at least 8 hours.

When you come back, you will be confronted with something that looks like this:

Crockpot Carolina BBQ pulled pork Barbecue
If your mouth isn’t watering yet, then either your browser is set wrong or you don’ have a proper appreciation for the porky goodness that is about to ensue. Of course, you don’t stop here – what about the rest of that vinegar? This is the point at which you pull the pork. Start with two forks and pull the pork apart. Then use your fingers.

Carolina Crockpot Barbecue Pulled Pork BBQ Slow Cooker
Looks good, huh? Maybe a little dry?

Deploy the shredded pork into a bowl, add the juices from the crock pot, and pour over the remaining vinegar sauce. (If your eaters aren’t vinegar addicts, you could always serve the sauce on the side, I suppose).

Carolina Crockpot Barbecue Pulled Pork BBQ slow cooker
(I wished as soon as I took this that I had used a different bowl, but I wasn’t about to get another one dirty. This is reality folks).

The classic application for Carolina pulled pork is to eat it as a sandwich (though probably not so classic on ciabatta with parsley. I may have mentioned I’m from California). But don’t let your imagination stop there. Add it to chili, make it into nachos (tortilla chips, salsa, sour cream, ranch beans and pulled pork topped with cheese. Yes, I have eaten this), use as a filling for enchiladas, or eat it straight with cornbread.