Pulled pork

This was such a simple recipe, and it turned out amazing. I took a pork shoulder (roughly 5-6 lbs.), placed it fat side up in my 5 quart Crockpot. I covered it with some ‘Sweet Baby Rays’ BBQ sauce then sprinkled some brown sugar and cinnamon over the top. Set the Crockpot on low, and head to work. Let that shoulder cook on low for 12 hours. I’m sure you will be tempted to pull the lid off and try some, don’t. Just keep letting that shoulder do its own thing. A lot of people told me to add a cup of water to the Crockpot with this, however at the advice of someone, I decided not to. This shoulder creates enough moisture on its own to cook in its own juices, no water necessary. Plus when you add in that water, at the end you are left with nothing much more than a bath of greasy water that your meat has been soaking in for quite a while, no thanks. So here is the shoulder all glazed up and just getting turned on early in the morning before heading off to work.



12 hours later, with the netting cut off, the larger sections of fat trimmed off and after working through the shoulder with a few forks. We have a large bowl full of delicious pulled pork, ready to slap on a bun and add a dash more of BBQ sauce. I was very impressed at how the meat turned out, and how good it was. I was a little nervous about not adding in that water at the start, but it definitely didn’t need it. The meat was very juicy, and seemed to fall apart and melt in your mouth. Here are a few pictures of the full dinner, and a close up on one of the sandwiches.





Now this isn’t the healthiest thing you can make, so I wanted to make sure to eat a smaller portion of this. As well as add a fruit to the meal. The benefit for me is I had just finished about an hour of plyometrics, so a sweeping feeling of nausea had hit, and I wasn’t overly hungry. So a single sandwich with some strawberries and apple sauce was a perfect portion for me. The other nice thing, is now I have a good amount of this meat left over, so I will be able to eat on this for a few days, making this a very cheap, and very easy meal for me.