Easy Bbq Pork Sandwiches
Submitted by smw2420
Pork loin slow-cooked with garlic and onion until fork-tender, then shredded and simmered in honey BBQ sauce. Pile it high on rolls for the easiest pulled pork sandwiches.
Your slow cooker does all the heavy lifting on this one.
A four-pound pork loin roast goes into the crock pot with garlic, onion, salt, pepper, and just a splash of water. Five hours on high and it shreds apart with nothing more than a fork.
Drain the grease, toss the shredded pork back in with a full bottle of honey BBQ sauce, and let it simmer on low for another three hours.
The meat soaks up all that sticky, smoky sweetness until every shred is coated.
Pile it onto Kaiser rolls, onion rolls, or whatever soft bun you like best.
Pro Tips
- Trim the fat after cooking, not before. The fat keeps the roast moist during the long cook. Pull it out when you shred the meat.
- Strain the cooking liquid. Keep the garlic and onion bits but ditch the grease. Those soft, caramelized bits add real flavor to the finished sandwich.
- Low and slow for the sauce phase. Three hours on low lets the pork absorb the BBQ sauce instead of just sitting in it. Don’t rush this step.
Ingredients
Directions
Place the roast, garlic, and onion in a crock pot on high.
Add the salt and pepper and a little bit of water.
Cook on high until you can easily shred the pork roast with a fork.
I would cook this in my crock pot (Rival) for about 5 hours.
Remove the roast and shred the meat removing as much of the fat as possible and the bone.
Strain the grease in the crock pot, keeping any bits of garlic and onion left and throwing out the grease.
Place the shredded meat back into the crock pot, along with the bits of garlic and onion.
Pour the BBQ sauce over all until the meat is covered.
Mix well.
Continue cooking the pork in the crock pot for about three hours, on low.
Serve the BBQ pork on Kaiser rolls, onion rolls, pocketbook buns or any speciality hamburger bun.
Very Good.
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