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Slow cooker BBQ pulled pork buns
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Slow cooker BBQ pulled pork buns

Pork that falls apart at the touch of a fork, piled into soft buns with sticky barbecue sauce and crunchy slaw.

Time 15 min prep, 8 hr cook
EffortMedium
Per serving$2.67
Calories873 kcal

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Ingredients

4 servings
  • Pork shoulder (Boston butt)2.25 lb
  • Barbecue sauce8 oz
  • Yellow onions5 oz
  • Hamburger buns4 buns
  • Green cabbage¼ cabbage
  • Carrots4 oz
  • Plain yogurt2 oz

Also uses from the cupboard: table salt, ground black pepper, paprika. Missing any? You can add them to your shop on the shopping list.

Usually contains: Gluten, Milk.

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Nutrition per adult portion
873
calories
53g
protein
59g
carbs
46g
fat
4g
fiber

Estimated from typical ingredient values, counting a teaspoon of cooking oil for each portion. Children's portions are smaller.

Method

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  1. Slice the onion into the slow cooker. Rub the pork with 2 teaspoons of paprika and plenty of salt and pepper, and sit it on top.2.25 lb pork shoulder5 oz yellow onions
  2. Pour over half the barbecue sauce and ½ cup of water. Put the lid on and cook on low for 8 hours.8 oz barbecue sauce
  3. Lift the pork out, pull it apart with two forks and stir it back into the juices with the rest of the sauce.
  4. Shred the cabbage and grate the carrot, then mix with the yogurt and a pinch of salt.¼ cabbage4 oz carrots2 oz plain yogurt
  5. Pile the pork into the buns with the slaw.4 buns
The trick that makes it

Spread the pulled pork on a baking sheet and give it 5 minutes under a hot broiler before serving. The edges go dark and sticky.

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