Slow Cooker Pulled Pork with Mustard Barbecue Sauce
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Tomorrow is Labor Day and that often means cookouts. It also is a day that celebrates the social and economic achievements of workers. So while many people are off work and have parties, who wants to spend all day cooking for them? We are supposed to be relaxing and celebrating our achievement.
My initial thought was to make a beverage. Everyone needs a cocktail at a picnic and most cocktails are simple to make. But the more I thought about it, the more I wanted to make a main dish.
When I think of picnics I think of barbecue which in our house usually means grilling. However, in the winter I often use the slow cooker to make barbecue and that’s what I decided to make this week.
We were recently on Tilghman Island for a short and amazing vacation, thanks to my husband who surprised me with it for my birthday. The restaurant at our bed and breakfast was delicious. We went one night and I had a vinegar based pulled pork sandwich that was out of this world. I enjoyed it with a mustard based barbecue sauce and it was so good we went back again the next night and I had the same thing!
So I wanted to make a mustard based pulled pork barbecue. I simply took a large pork loin, sprinkled it with salt and pepper, then covered it with a mustard based barbecue sauce in the slow cooker. Six hours later it smelled amazing and looked pretty good too. I quickly shredded the pork which was so simple since it was very tender. We put them on some hearty buns and they were delicious. Totally perfect for a BBQ and it required very little work on my part.
Slow Cooker Pulled Pork with Mustard BBQ Sauce
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3-4 lb. boneless pork loin or roast
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 2 Tablespoons butter melted
- 1/2 onion minced
- 5 garlic cloves minced
- 1 c. yellow mustard
- 1 Tablespoon dry mustard
- 3/4 c. cider vinegar
- 1/2 c. brown sugar
- 1/2 c. water
- 1 Tablespoon hot sauce
- 8 Kaiser rolls or other hearty buns
Instructions
- Sprinkle the pork loin or roast with salt and pepper and place it in the slow cooker.
- Arrange the onions and garlic around the pork in the slow cooker.
- In a medium bowl combine the yellow mustard, dry mustard, cider vinegar, brown sugar, water, and hot sauce. Mix well and pour over top of the pork.
- Cook the pork on low for 6 hours, adding water halfway through if needed.
- After 6 hours use two forks and shred the pork. Mix well with the barbecue sauce in the slow cooker.
- Place the pork on the rolls and serve warm.
I just have one question……what is the butter for?
I don’t think I could get my mustard-hating husband on board with this one, but I LOVE the idea of a mustardy bbq sauce. (I often sneak mustard into dishes and he’s none the wiser.)
Love the flavors going on here!Delish!
Nothing says ‘love’ like some old fashioned slow cooked pulled pork BBQ! Perfect for entertaining! YUM!
This looks delicious — great recipe for Labor Day wknd but could easily take my family into the fall and winter!
This looks wonderful for a lazy day bbq indoors as the weather turns cool or if it rains or just because….Yum!
This would make the best lunch ever!
Using a slow cooker is absolutely the easiest way to make pulled pork. Your mustard bbq sauce sounds delicious.
I’m so used to tomato based barbecue sauce. I need to change it up and make pulled pork with a mustard based sauce.
Slow cooker puled pork is THE BEST!
Oooh, the flavors in your pulled pork sound divine! What a marvelous, easy recipe!
Oh heck yes! I love pulled pork! Sometimes just adding BBQ sauce is too sweet. I’m a huge fan of the mustard based sauces though! I need this in my life.