We set our Veggies, stock (beer in this case) and pork all into the slow cooker for a tasty pulled pork dinner, so as we come back home, with little to no effort we enjoy a homemade meal.
Ingredients
- 4 to 5-pound boneless pork shoulder / butt
- 2 medium yellow onions, thinly sliced
- 3 stalks celery, chopped
- 1 cup beer of your preference (more if needed)
- 1 tbsp dark brown sugar
- 1 tbsp chili powder
- 1/2 tbsp kosher salt, plus more as needed
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 to 2 cups barbecue sauce
- 2 Cups Finely shredded iceberg
- 1/4 Cup Blue Cheese Crumbs
- Multiple Pita breads
Directions
- Take a large slow cooker and place a layer of onions followed by the sliced garlic cloves and chopped celery.
- Add beer, if all veggies are not covered by beer you may add more beer or chicken broth.
- In a bowl combine all the dry ingredients
- Rub the dry mix all over the pork and place meat over the veggies already in the slow cooker
- Set slow cooker on hight and cook for 6 hours or about 10 hours on low setting.
- After time has passed remove pork from slow cooker and with the help of 2 forks shred all the meat out leaving as small and desired pieces. Make sure to trash any pieces of fat that you find.
- Now, return all shredded meat into the slow cooker, add barbecue sauce, mix well.
- Cook for an additional 20 minutes (optional)
- Remove from slow cooker mix with half of shredded iceberg and half of the blue cheese crumbs. Now to build the Pita Bread:
- Take a Pita make sure it opens smoothly
- Add a small amount of shredded iceberg followed by the pork, and topped by some blue cheese crumbs.
Enjoy this Pulled Pork Pita with your favorite drink.
Oh and by the way, if you end up with leftovers, the pork does freeze well.
Be Creative, have fun, and Enjoy!!
