Easy Pulled Pork Sandwiches

One of our favorite breweries is Third Street Aleworks in SR. Whenever old friends come into town to visit, this is always a culinary must on the To-Do list. Bry’s favorite is the pulled pork sandwich, so I thought I would treat him to a little dinner surprise. Before I left for work this morning I threw a pork roast in the trusty ol’ Crock Pot and was welcomed home by a perfectly juicy, tender, fall-apart, melt-in-your-mouth meal. This roast is way too easy to be so good, and a great way to have dinner waiting for you after a long day. The most difficulty comes in shredding the meat... but even that is pretty pleasurable.

Note: This is probably ready to eat after 6 hrs, but I prefer to leave it for at least 8 hrs. If no one is going to be around to flip the roast after 4 hrs, then cover the entire roast at the start with liquid. Lastly, there is plenty of room for interpretation; I didn’t have apple juice on hand so I just used water and I threw in a few slices of lime that were sitting around.

1 pork roast (whatever size, just make sure it fits in your slow cooker!)
1 onion, sliced
½ bottle apple juice
¼ cup vinegar
1 bottle of favorite bbq sauce (I prefer Cattleman’s)
bbq seasoning
s+p

Place onion on the bottom of the slow cooker. Rub roast with seasoning and s+p, then place on top on the onions. Fill half way up with the apple juice and add vinegar. Cover the top ½ of the roast with a layer of bbq sauce (about ½ cup). Cover and cook on high for 1 hr, then turn to low for 7+ hours until falling apart!

To make Pulled Pork Sandwiches: place the roast on a cooking sheet and with 2 forks, shred the meat into pieces. Cover with more bbq sauce (to taste) and pile on a toasted bun :)

For Brew Pub Greatness: serve with Garlic Chips (the English kind) and a nice micro-brew (try New Belgium Brewing Co.)