slow cooker pulled pork | Cooking in College

Thank you all who entered our contest for the Cuisinart immersion blender give-away contest! This was really fun for us and we hope for you as well, we will definitely be having another contest again.

So without further ado, the winner of the Cuisinart immersion blender is….

#24 Jordan H.

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So speaking of the contest, we asked our readers to send in a recipe that that has not made it onto Cooking in College yet. Well we received a pulled pork recipe from Sandy and almost emailed back reminding her that the recipe cannot be on the blog already. But then we realized…we haven’t posted a pulled pork recipe yet! We love pulled pork sandwiches but have never blogged about it yet!

However, we still haven’t found the perfect recipe…until we tried this recipe from Sandy. All we (and future eaters of this recipe) have to say is THANK YOU!

Pulled Pork Sandwiches

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Servings – 8 sandwiches
Prep time – 15 minutes
Slow cooker time – 5 hours

Ingredients

2-3 lb pork loin roast (or shoulder)
1- 1 1/2 cups BBQ sauce of your choice (trySweet Baby Ray’s Hickory and Brown Sugar)
3-4 cups Coca Cola
1 large onion, thinly sliced
8-10 sandwich rolls/hamburger buns
3 bay leaves
3 cloves of garlic

For the spice rub: equal parts salt, pepper, paprika, basil, garlic powder and oregano

Protocol

1. Mix the spice rub (we used an old but clean yogurt container).

2. Use approximately 1/3 of a cup of spice rub to cover the pork. If you want, prepare this the night before and leave in the fridge until morning.

3. Place the pork (cut in half for smaller slow cookers), garlic, and bay leaves in a slow-cooker. Add enough Coca Cola to almost cover the pork (we used about a can but his will vary on the size of your slow cooker). Cook for 4-5 hours on low.

4. Once the pork is tender, remove the garlic, bay leaves, and all of the liquid in the slow cooker.

6. While the meat is cooling, caramelize the onions in a pan by placing onion slices in a pan with olive oil or butter and cooking over medium heat. Sprinkle in a pinch of salt, pepper and sugar. Continue to stir until onion strips have reduced in size and completely brown.