Thursday, April 1, 2010

Coke Pulled Pork

Everyone always asks me for this one...So I thought I would just post it here...and be done.
Buy the pork roasts from Costco that are vacuum sealed, and they come three or four hooked together. They are very low fat and it seems like it is sirloin tip or something like that. I just put the pork roasts in the crock pot and pour coke over them and cook them forever. They just fall apart when you are pulling them out of the crock pot.
I usually cook three together in my big crock pot - for around 6-8 hours. Then I just pull it apart. Obviously, that makes a ton of meat, but I just put the leftovers in freezer bags and it is fantastic.

Then you can use the meat for whatever.
We always use this sauce:

1 1/2 cups water
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup vinegar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 1/2 Tbsp. Worchestershire
1 Tbsp mustard
1Tbsp paprika
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
3/4 cup ketchup
thick slice of onion and lemon

Reduce 1/2 hour - or until desired thickness.

Honestly, I rarely put all of the water in. Because I am usually in a rush, and don't have a ton of time for it to reduce. You can also do less butter if you are worried about that sort of thing.
Depending on what you are doing with it, if you want the sauce really thick/really sticking to the meat, you can use a little cornstarch to thicken it a lot more.

We use the pork to make quesadillas on the fresh tortillas from Costco and it is SO good. You can add cumin or chili powder to the sauce to make it a little more mexican - ish. We just do it plain, and we love it.

If you are doing sandwiches, it is so yummy to caramelize some onions, and just add a couple tablespoons of the sauce and a little butter to the pan when you are cooking the onions - it just gets all toasty and delicious.

1 comment:

  1. I LOVAE this recipe! Tried it in my electric roaster set at 250 all night! Sauce is great!

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