Making your own pulled pork is easy and delicious. I have instructions for a quick way to make it, or a long way to make it, or a really long way to make it. Depending on how easy or difficult you want to make it, or when you want to enjoy your pulled pork.
Related: How To Use Leftover Turkey
Ingredients
Pork– a pork shoulder is best to get the right consistency, you can also use a pork loin roast
Broth– I use chicken stock, it’s purpose is added flavor so you can choose to use water instead of broth but you will lose some flavor
BBQ sauce– I love sweet baby rays BBQ sauce, but you can use any BBQ sauce for this recipe
Directions
Instant pot
- Add pork to instant pot
- Pour broth and BBQ sauce over top
- Pressure cook for 45 minutes
- Naturally release for 10 minutes then quick release
- Shred
- Add extra BBQ sauce over top
Crock pot
- Add pork to the crock pot
- Pour broth and BBQ sauce over top
- Cook on low for 8 hours
- Shred
- Add extra BBQ sauce over top to serve
Sous Vide
- Start the sous vide bath
- Put pork in freezer bags or sous vide bags with sauce
- Set temp to 165
- Add bags to the bath
- Cook for 24 hours
- Shred
- Add extra BBQ sauce over top
Tips
- For the instant pot, you might want to ladle out extra broth and liquid
- Try adding a tiny bit of liquid smoke for a smoky flavor
- Try using one can of coke soda instead of water
- After cooking and shredding, add a portion to a quart freezer bag and freezer for a later meal
Whole30 Option
Use Primal Kitchen BBQ sauce to make this recipe Whole30 compliant
Related: Chicken Salad
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Pulled Pork
Ingredients
- 3 lb pork cut into chunks
- 1 cup broth omit for sous vide
- 2 cups bbq sauce and more to put on top
Instructions
Instant pot
- Add pork to instant pot
- Pour broth and BBQ sauce over top
- Pressure cook for 45 minutes
- Naturally release for 10 minutes then quick release
- Shred
- Add extra BBQ sauce over top
Crock pot
- Add pork to the crock pot
- Pour broth and BBQ sauce over top
- Cook on low for 8 hours
- Shred
- Add extra BBQ sauce over top to serve
Sous Vide
- Start the sous vide bath
- Put pork in freezer bags or sous vide bags with sauce
- Set temp to 165
- Add bags to the bath
- Cook for 24 hours
- Shred
- Add extra BBQ sauce over top