Extremely simple recipes are difficult to come by, but this recipe for Slow Cooker Root Beer Pulled Pork is easy and perfect for a weeknight meal. This recipe starts by covering a cut of pork with root beer. After it has been cooked all day in the slow cooker, the pork is tender enough to be shredded, tossed with barbecue sauce, and piled on a soft sandwich roll. Let the pork cook all day while you run errands and come home to a tasty meal. Your family will love it! Easy meal when your schedule calls for “eat and run”.
3 Ingredient Pulled Pork
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Yield 8 -12
Looking for an extremely simple recipe to make for dinner? Look no further! These pulled pork sandwiches are easy AND delicious! One secret ingredient does it all.
Ingredients
- 4 lbs. pork riblets
- 3 cups root beer (enough to cover the meat in the crockpot)
- 1 bottle Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce
- hamburger buns or kaiser rolls
Instructions
- Cover the pork with root beer and cook it in the crockpot for about
- HIGH for 4 Hours
- MEDIUM for 6 Hours
- LOW for 10 Hours. (Best choice)
- Shred the pork and add the barbecue sauce.
- Serve warm on the rolls.
Notes
Tips:The slower you cook the pork the more tender it becomes and will flake with a turn of your fork.The root beer adds a deeper flavor to the pork. The sugar cooks away, much like when you add alcohol or wine to your recipes.
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Hi Marilyn, I love using the crock pot during the winter months. This recipe for pulled pork sounds so good!
Hope you have a nice weekend.
Julie
It really is Julie! And crock meals are so easy! Have a great week.
Oh wow, that IS easy!! I’m a big pulled pork fan so I’ll give this a try!
Thanks for commenting Kim! It is so easy, it makes me feel guilty! And no pulling the pork, it just falls apart! Hope you enjoy and let me know how it goes!