Slow Cooked BBQ Pulled Pork

I'm getting ready to go out of town for 10 days, then come home for a day, and then leave again for another 6. During that time, I will only be with my husband for 3 of those days. I feel bad that I'm going to be gone that long, but it just kind of the way things fell into place. Since I'm going to be gone for so long, I didn't want to leave Dave stranded without any good food/meals. Now I know Dave knows how to cook, but between working & his workouts, I know by the time he gets home the last thing that he will want to do is cook. Soooo...I figured make some freezer meals, then all he has to do is thaw & reheat, or thaw & grill, or thaw & crock pot. All of those are easy things to do and require little thinking. Today I decided to go with a crock pot pulled pork, since I was already going to be busy making our dinner. This recipe is super easy prep. Throw the pork in the crock pot, put in some liquid smoke, red wine vinegar, some seasoning and set on low. It's that easy! Once it's done you shred it, add your BBQ sauce, and then put it back in the crock pot for 30 more minutes. Now you can use whatever BBQ sauce you want, but I wanted to make my own because most kinds you buy at the store contain high fructose corn syrup, as well as refined sugar both of which are not good for you. The sauce I made was one linked on the blog page that the pulled pork came from. It's really easy too. Throw some tomato sauce, liquid smoke, molasses, red wine vinegar, spices, and maybe a few other things (can't remember off the top of my head) into a medium sized sauce pan. Bring to a boil & let it simmer for 20 minutes or so, stirring occasionally and then it's done. Again, see how easy it is to make from scratch & just think how much healthier & cheaper this one is compared to store kinds. 😀

Once this was done & cooled, I put into two separate freezer friendly containers & placed them in the freezer. All Dave has to do is thaw & reheat. 

Slow cooked BBQ pulled pork

• 2.5 lb boneless pork loin roast (center cut, trimmed of all fat)
• 2 tsp red wine vinegar
• 2 tsp Hickory liquid smoke
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 1 cup Homemade Kansas City BBQ Sauce

Directions:

Place pork in the slow cooker and season with salt, vinegar, garlic powder and liquid smoke.Cover and set to high 6 hours. Remove pork and transfer onto a large dish; reserve all the liquid into a cup and set aside. Shred the pork with two forks and put it back into the slow cooker along with about 3/4 cup of the reserved liquid and the BBQ sauce (for every 3 oz cooked pork, I used 2 tbsp BBQ sauce). Cook on high one more hour. 

Recipe is from: http://www.skinnytaste.com/2012/04/

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Homemade BBQ sauce

• 1 1/3 cups tomato sauce
• 1/3 cup tomato paste
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1/2 cup + 3 tbsp red wine vinegar
• 1/4 cup molasses (unsulfured)
• 2 tsp all natural hickory liquid smoke 
• 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp coarsely ground black pepper
• 1/2 tsp paprika
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp onion powder
• 1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/8 tsp chili powder

Directions:

In a large saucepan combine all the ingredients and simmer over low heat for 25 minutes stirring occasionally. Let it cool and store in the refrigerator until ready to use.

For using on grilled meat, brush onto chicken, pork or beef the last 10 minutes of cooking.

Recipe is from: http://www.skinnytaste.com/2012/04/

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