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Spicy Crock Pot Shredded Pork

I made the slow cooker kalua pork again, but added my own spin to it. I love how spicy it turned out!

I started this dinner idea at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday and checked it again at 5:00 a.m. on Wednesday. I let it cool for a bit, then put it in the fridge. Dinner was ready! I love when it comes together like that. We made delicious tacos with this shredded pork. Make this for dinner! Your family will love it!

Line the bottom of the crockpot with three strips of thick cut bacon. Add one quartered onion, 5-6 chipotle peppers and a tablespoon or two of adobo sauce. Rub a 3 lb pork sirloin roast with 1.5 tablespoons of Montreal Seasoning. Put the lid on the crockpot and let sit for 15 hours. *Note: I did not thaw the roast before putting it in the crockpot. I put that baby in there frozen solid!

This is what it looks like when it's finished. It falls apart so nicely!

Discard the onion/chipotle/bacony liquid.

Naseem gave this pork the ultimate approval: she said it was better than the Chipotle restaurant's shredded pork. Yay!☺

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I found this recipe for shredded pork in the new Costco Connection magazine. It sounded too easy, but I had to try it for myself. Omid usually smokes a pork butt on his Traeger and it takes about 5 hours. I was curious to see if I could get the same result in my crock pot.

 

 

I didn't purchase a pork butt, but used a pork sirloin tip roast that came in a four pack from Costco. It was about 3 pounds.

 

I lined my crock pot with three strips of bacon, added salt to the pork roast, set it to low and forgot about it. When I woke up this morning, the kitchen smelled really good. After 16 hours, I tried to take the roast out of the crock pot with a BBQ fork and it totally fell apart. I had to take it out with tongs, in sections, it was so tender.

 

The roast shredded up so nicely, too. The result: not bad! I do prefer the smoked pork butt done in the Traeger, but this worked really well in a pinch and is perfect for BBQ sandwiches.  Make it!

 

Slow Cooker Kalua Pork via Costco Connection Magazine
3 bacon slices
5 lb Boston butt pork roast (I used a 3 lb sirloin pork roast)
1 1/2 Tbs red Hawaiian sea salt (I used Himalayan pink salt)*use less salt for a smaller roast!!

Line the bottom of a slow cooker with the strips of bacon. Evenly salt the pork with the salt. Put the roast in the slow cooker on low for 16 hours. Remove the meat & shred. Enjoy!