I love my crock pot. It is such a savior especially for working people like myself and Mister. Stews, soups and braising any meat or vegetables can be done so easily. I was brought up on crock pot meals. Mum and Dad were busy with work during the day and so mum will chuck in all the meat and vegetables, turn on the crock pot and dinner would be ready when they get home. Even though mum was never a great cook but she would always try and make sure that we had dinner at home. Good or bad, it is still home cook.
pork shoulder in the crock pot
Fast forward to 2011. Mister and I are both working, no kids but time is never enough. There are always people to meet, places to go and work work work. And of course, more cooking and eating. I love Saturday as farmers market is almost always on the agenda. I picked up some beautiful roast pork shoulder from Gypsy Pig at Gaswork and decided to make pulled pork. The tomato sauce is home made with tomatoes and rhuburb. Worked super well! It is a little lacking in colour as I ran out of tomato paste but I really don’t think it is required at all.
Tomato and rhuburb sauce
I made a big crock pot full of melt-in-the-mouth pork. A portion of it were made into pulled pork burger with tomato sauce and avocado salsa. The rest was chuck into pasta during the week. Best of all, most of the produce in this recipe comes from the farmers market.
The next time I make this again, I will leave the pulled pork and the tomato sauce to simmer longer in the crock pot. Mister and I were too hungry to wait 3 hours. It still tasted awesome after an hour but after 3 hours, it was super awesome 
Send me a link to you favourite burger please!
pulled pork burger with tomato sauce and avocado salsa
Ingredients:
Pork shoulder
- 1.9kg pork shoulder roast with bones on
- 7-8 cloves
- 2 onions
- 10 juniper berries, slightly crushed
- 1/2 cup of chopped rhuburb
- 1 medium carrot, roughly chopped
- 1 litre of water or fill just enough to cover meat
- 2tbsp of liquid smoke (optional)
- Salt
Simple home made BBQ sauce
- 250g of cherry tomatoes
- 50ml of apple cider
- 4tbsp of brown sugar
- 1tbsp of mustard
- 1 large shallot, finely chopped
- 1 jalapeno, finely chopped
- a few dashes of tobasco
- 2tbsp of Worcester sauce
Preparation:
- Slice half an onion into rings and place it at the bottom of the crock pot. Stud pork shoulder with cloves and season with salt and pepper
- Place the pork in slow cooker and top up with the rest of the onions, rhuburb, carrot, liquid smoke, crushed jumiper peppers. Add water and salt. Cover and cook for about 6 – 8 hrs on low
- In the meantime, prepare the tomato sauce. Place all the elements into a pot and allow it to simmer till all the flavours are combined amd the tomatoes are broken down. Set aside
- After 6 – 8 hours, remove the pork and chuck out cloves and bones. Remove all the liquid in the crock pot. I sieved and kept the remaining pork stock for another day
- Shred the pork shoulder and return it into the crockpot. Chuck in one chopped onoin, the tomato sauce and cover. Place the crock pot on high for at least an hour or until all the onions are softened. I will recommend at least 3 hours.
- To assemble the pulled pork sandwich. Grab a ciabata bun. Spread the tomatillos and avocado salsa and then topped with pulled pork. Slice some beautiful tomatoes to finish it up
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This looks terrific and sounds delicious. Pulled pork is one of those things that can be made really well in a crock-pot or slow cooker.. I hope you have a great day. Blessings…Maryl
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Love the crock pot, too. This pulled pork is scrumptious.
That looks mouth watering! I love my crock pot too – nothing like coming home to a warm dinner already made. I actually post a slow cooker recipe every Monday on my blog. I wasn’t sure how long I’d last but I keep finding new things to make in it.
Here is one of my favorite vegetarian burgers: http://www.52kitchenadventures.com/2011/03/04/mushroom-burgers-with-chipotle-mayo/
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I am not huge on beef but I have to make an exception for Cafe Vue’s wagyu beef burger!
Now I’m wondering if I should get a crock pot; I’d love to come home to pulled pork (with liquid smoke aromas, yum!). I could ask for mum’s but she uses hers all the time, unfortunately for me…
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I remember doing a low fat pulled pork in a pressure cooker and it worked out really well! So delicious
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I keep reading/looking at this pulled pork stuff but never tried it for myself! Might have to pull out mum’s slow cooker soon. Sounds perfect for the upcoming cooler weather =)
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my crock pot is a lifesaver, perfect for busy weeknights..we love pulled pork, great bbq sauce!!
sweetlife
What a colorful and delicious looking crock pot dish. Bookmarked, for sure!
That is one perfect looking sandwich! Oh, what I would do for that right now!!!
Mary xx
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I’m always looking for good crock pot recipes. I just purchased a crockpot recipe book and 3 of the 4 recipes I tried were just ok. I’m going to try this one! Thanks.
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Great! I love my crock pot and this is a good recipe to try out. So easy as well.
I think there is a pulled pork fad going on
Can’t wait to make mine this weekend!
really? I thought pulled pork was so last year. I just love it so I made it
See you tonite!!
Wowsers, eating this would be worth every dribble of juice down your arm.
Yes… and also a need a super BIG mouth!
Hmmm, worth waiting for hours : ).
Enjoy your tripsssss to farmer market.
We just bought a slow cooker recently and this is exactly the sort of thing I want to make with it. That burger looks delicious!
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Looks nice and yes the crockpot sure comes in handy, Btw, just curious, why is it called ‘Pulled pork’?
Coz you can pull it apart very easily
Fascinating ingredients. Juniper berries, rhubarb, liquid smoke!! Your larder must be very comprehensively stocked, I want a peek, haha!
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hey… more than welcome to come over and cook
I love cooking guests
Pulled pork shoulder sounds like a soccer sports injury but so yummy too…. hmm… NQR. It’s my birthday… maybe time to hint for a crock pot as a gift…
hell yeah! everyone needs a crockpot in their life.
Your pulled pork sounds amazing, love the flavors in the homemade bbq sauce too and the burger is awesome!
I love my crockpot too and I love pulled pork… gonna try this version one day, sounds really good, but ya know, somehow, it’s against my religion not to cook it outdoors….
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This looks sensational!!! Cooking pulled pork in crock pot is a clever idea!
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Goodness I have a lot to catch up with! Now that I eat meat again, this is one of my favorite things when the farmers market is in season. So easy but such a big reward!
It is … and packed with flavour
Looks great – and love the hands off nature of slow cooker dishes. I just made a Mexican pulled pork in my slow cooker – perfect for the cook recovering from vertigo!
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