Slow Cooker Barbecued Pulled Pork

A recipe we saved from Food & Wine, by Melissa Rubel Jacobson. The full recipe, with their photos and notes, is on their site.

Serves 10  ·  Time about 6¾ hours, nearly all of it in the slow cooker

Ingredients

• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 1 cup ketchup
• 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 2 tablespoons molasses
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 2 teaspoons sambal oelek or other Asian chile sauce
• 4 1/4 pounds boneless pork shoulder, trimmed and cut into 4 pieces
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

The short version

1. Stir the onion, ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar, molasses, mustard and sambal together.
2. Coat the pork with it in the slow cooker and cook on high until it falls apart, about 6 hours.
3. Lift out the pork and shred it with two forks.
4. Boil the sauce in a saucepan until thick, about 15 minutes. Stir the pork back in, season and serve.

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