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    Home » Video » Cooking TV

    Dr Pepper Pulled Pork Slow Cooker Recipe - GF Video

    by Eric · This post may contain affiliate links, its one way we pay the bills. · 4 Comments

    Pulled Pork is a GardenFork favorite, and I've heard of adding soda to the slow cooker, so here is our Dr Pepper Pulled Pork Slow Cooker Recipe. I like how the soda adds some sugar-caramel flavor, plus that raspberry taste that Dr Pepper has. Plus it was just fun to put this together to see what happened. What did happen was a great pulled pork. Add a side of our easy coleslaw recipe and you are good to go for a summer BBQ. Yet another great slow cooker recipe

    We used a smaller pork shoulder for this recipe, but you can use a large one if you have a large slow cooker. The cut of shoulder we use is also called a Pernil, you might see that on the label at the butcher. We like skin on and bone in, but you can use a boneless pork butt if that is what you have. Use what you got. The skin, aka fat cap, adds flavor, and you peel it off after the pork shoulder has spent its time in the crock pot.

    Dr Pepper may sound like an odd choice, but I like it. I do not drink a lot of soda, but Dr Pepper has that cola taste with a touch of raspberry that makes me want to try it with this. Colas in general have sugar and caramel, which work well for slow cooking meats, I think.

     

    A key tool to have here is a gravy separator, which I did not own until recently, but I'm glad I have it. After the pork is cooked, pour the cooking liquid into the gravy separator, and add some of this braise liquid back into the pork after it is pulled apart. I've seen a bunch of recipes that toss this cooking liquid, not sure why.

    Cole Slaw is a must for pulled pork, and we have a companion video with an easy Coleslaw recipe here. I like apple cider vinegar in my slaw, and sweet tomato BBQ sauce in BBQ pork.

    Dr. Pepper Pulled Pork Slow Cooker Recipe

    3-4 lb pork shoulder, bone-in, skin on

    1 bottle Dr. Pepper

    1 medium onion, chopped into rough chunks

    This is one of those throw it all in and turn it on pulled pork recipes. Some people brown the pork before braising it, and we have another pulled pork slow cooker recipe where you can do a dry rub overnight here. But this is super simple

    Take all three ingredients and put them in the slow cooker. You want the Dr. Pepper to cover about ⅔ of the pork shoulder.

    Put the cover on the slow cooker and turn it on Low and let it go for 5  hours, check it with a fork. If the pork is not falling apart tender, put the lid back on and let it go longer, check again in an hour. Repeat.

    Once cooked, remove the pork, and pour the braise liquid into a gravy separator. Remove the fat cap and shred the pork with two forks.

    Pour the braise liquid over the pork, using the separator to avoid adding the liquid fat back into the pork.

    This is best when put in the fridge overnight, but you can dress it right away with BBQ (sparingly) and have at it.

    The accompanying Coleslaw recipe is here.

    cole slaw vid

     

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    Comments

    1. Layard f\Fortune

      August 08, 2014 at 9:11 am

      I like Dr.Pepper. Will see if the other half try it in the slow cooker. She does not like Dr. pepper. May be a chalnge.
      L.T.

    2. Betty

      November 03, 2014 at 1:36 am

      It looks yummy and so easy. I am going to make this. Thanks!

    3. Barbara

      June 24, 2015 at 2:23 pm

      I am old school ( I guess ) and use a dutch oven for pulled pork. Place the onions on bottom to form a bed place shoulder on and dump a jar of apple sauce on top and cook in oven for a few hours. I use a cat litter box I use in
      kitchen for pulling the pork ( also uise for weeping pickles and kraut ), this allows me to separate the fat/bones from the meat.
      Have found that adding in vinegar to the meat is tasty vs just using the juices.
      Eric and slaw is a must right! No sense in having Pulled pork sans slaw .

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