Slow Cooker Pineapple Pulled Pork

Ingredients

1 tbsp oil

2 ½ pounds boneless pork roast shoulder or neck (preferred)

1 large onion roughly chopped

1 can crushed pineapple

½ cup BBQ sauce

½ cup light brown sugar

2 cloves garlic crushed

2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon ground paprika

black pepper to taste

Instructions

Heat oil over medium-high heat in a large, deep skillet or Dutch oven. Add pork and brown on all sides.

Add onion, pineapple juice, BBQ sauce, brown sugar, garlic, salt, ground paprika and black pepper to a 5-6 quart slow cooker. Place browned pork on top. Spoon some sauce from bottom and pour all over meat.

Close lid and cook on LOW for 8 hours.

Once cooking time is up, remove pork from crock (do not discard cooking liquid!). Shred pork with two forks on a large chopping board, then add back to crock with liquid.

Give pork some time to soak up juices. If it’s too liquid-y, cook with lid off for a little while until thickened to your liking.

Notes

This is not overwhelmingly pineapple-y, because some members of my family are iffy about fruit in their meat… ? Feel free to add a can of crushed pineapple to the sauce if that’s no issue at your house!

Orange juice is a great substitute if you’re out of pineapple. Apple juice is delicious, too.

Pork neck or shoulder work best, for a leaner version use pork loin – it may just be a little tougher/drier.