This is a recipe for people who don’t have a BBQ facility but still want to enjoy a nice pulled pork dish at home. There are lots of barbecue fans who don’t have a backyard where to cook as they’d like. This is a simple way of cooking great barbecue inside the house, provided that you have a slow cooker and a lot of patience to cook the pork butt until it becomes tender and pulls apart.

Ingredients:

• 1 pork shoulder cut, about 4 lbs weight
• 1/2 teaspoon liquid smoke
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed (or garlic powder)
• 1 yellow onion, diced
• 1 tablespoon vinegar (apple cider is the best)
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Barbecue sauce (buy it or make it at home – it is not included in this pulled pork recipe)

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time 10-11 hours

Serves: 6-8 people

Cooking procedure:

Mix all ingredients but the barbecue sauce into the crock pot, make sure they are very well blended and that the meat is completely coated with the liquid, then set the slow cooker on low and let it cook for about 10-12 hours. When ready, take the pork butt out of the slow cooker and shred it. The meat would probably get too cold by the time you’re done with pulling it apart, so you may want to reheat it by putting it back into the sauce left in the slow cooker and let it cook on low. After about 30 minutes – 1 hour , take the meat out and make sandwiches with hamburger buns or serve it on a plate with a side dish that can be coleslaw or pickles salad and with barbecue sauce.

Sandwiches are one of the most popular ways of eating pulled pork. They are very easy to prepare, either using hamburger buns or mini French breads. Other ingredients that could go into such sandwiches can be anything you like and you think goes well with pork meat. Here’s a pulled pork recipe that uses homemade BBQ sauce, because homemade always tastes better.

Ingredients:

• 2 lbs pulled pork meat
• 8 hamburger buns or French mini-baguettes

Ingredients for the barbecue sauce:

• 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 2 cups tomato sauce
• 1 teaspoon red pepper (Cayenne), ground coarsely
• 1 small onion, minced
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 teaspoon paprika or hot chili powder
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tablespoon virgin olive oil

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes (the BBQ sauce needs simmering for about 20 minutes; the recipe assumes that you already have the pulled pork meat)

Serves: 8

Cooking procedure:

First, you want to make the BBQ sauce, so you can take care of the rest while it is simmering. In a frying pan, heat the oil, then cook the onion and the garlic for 2-3 minutes, until they start to get some color. Add the rest of the sauce ingredients, then let the mix simmer for 20 minutes, stirring from time to time. Meanwhile, pull the meat apart with two forks, adding a teaspoon of the hot barbecue sauce if you think it needs more moisture. When ready, pour the sauce over the pulled pork meat, then fill the hamburger buns or mini-breads. Serve immediately, with the remaining sauce as a side dish and with some season salad.