Crock Pot Dr. Pepper Pulled Pork
Let your slow-cooker do the heavy lifting for dinner with succulent, juicy, versatile Crock pot Dr. Pepper pulled pork. Fewer than 10 minutes of hands-on time yields enough irresistible pulled pork for more than one meal!
Equipment
- 6 Quart or Larger Slow Cooker
- Chef Knife
- cutting board
- saucepan
- spoon
Ingredients
- 6 lb bone-in pork shoulder
- 2 onions peeled and thickly sliced into slabs
- 10 cloves garlic
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 3 cans 12 oz each Dr. Pepper, divided
- 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
Instructions
- Arrange onion slabs over the bottom of the slow-cooker. Toss in the peeled garlic cloves. Place pork shoulder on top of the onions.
- Sprinkle the salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes on the pork shoulder, then pour one can of Dr. pepper on top of it. Cover and cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours or on HIGH for 5 to 6 hours.
- Toward the end of cooking time, combine the remaining two cans of Dr. Pepper in a saucepan with the Dijon mustard over high heat. Bring it to a boil then drop the heat medium low to maintain a steady, gentle simmer.
- Keep cooking the soda and mustard mixture until it has reduced to about 1 cup total and a very syrupy consistency. Set this aside.
- When the pork shoulder is falling apart, shred it in the crockpot while still in its cooking juices, removing the bone and any large portions of fat. Stir in the reduced Dr. Pepper syrup and serve as desired.
Notes
NOTES:
The pork should be so tender after cooking that it easily falls away from the bone and cannot hold together when you try to lift it. If it is not that tender, cover and allow it to cook a little longer until it is meltingly tender.
The pork should be so tender after cooking that it easily falls away from the bone and cannot hold together when you try to lift it. If it is not that tender, cover and allow it to cook a little longer until it is meltingly tender.
Nutrition
Calories: 221kcalCarbohydrates: 3gProtein: 28gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.001gCholesterol: 93mgSodium: 537mgPotassium: 520mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 37IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 32mgIron: 2mg
Nutritional information is an estimate and provided to you as a courtesy. You should calculate the nutritional information with the actual ingredients used in your recipe using your preferred nutrition calculator.
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