Find a recipe by the avaliable engredients Your Cooking Assistant
Set the ingredients

Sweet Pulled Pork Barbacoa

4

550 min

Sweet Pulled Pork Barbacoa

Sweet Pulled Pork Barbacoa Photo 1

Category

Pork Recipes

Time

550 min

Serving

8 persons

Calories

250

Rating

4.00★ (3)

Cuisine

Author: Victoria Buriak
This is an easy version of a popular dish at a local restaurant. Put it in the slow cooker before you leave for work, and come home to delicious pork for tacos or salads. Serve with rice, tortillas, salad, and rolls.

Ingredients

  • pork shoulder roast: 2 pound
  • ¼ cups caffeinated pepper-type soda (such as Dr Pepper®): 1 piece
  • garlic powder: 1 tsp
  • salt: 1 tsp
  • ground black pepper: 0.25 tsp
  • packed brown sugar: 0.75 cup
  • green Chilis: 1 can (4 ounce can, diced)
  • salsa verde: 0.66667 cup
  • habanero pepper: 1 piece (diced, optional)
  • salt and ground black pepper: (to taste)

Metric Conversion

Stages of cooking

Sweet Pulled Pork Barbacoa Photo 21
Sweet Pulled Pork Barbacoa Photo 32
Sweet Pulled Pork Barbacoa Photo 43
Sweet Pulled Pork Barbacoa Photo 54
  1. Place pork shoulder fat-side-up in a slow cooker. Cover with soda, garlic powder, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
    Sweet Pulled Pork Barbacoa Photo 2
  2. Cover and cook on Low until pork is tender and can be easily pulled apart with a fork, 8 to 10 hours.
    Sweet Pulled Pork Barbacoa Photo 3
  3. Remove any bones and solid hunks of fat from pork and discard. Shred with 2 forks; stir pork into its juices. Add brown sugar, green chiles, salsa verde, and habanero pepper. Season with salt and pepper. Stir well to combine.
    Sweet Pulled Pork Barbacoa Photo 4
  4. Cover and cook on Low until flavors are absorbed, about 1 hour.
    Sweet Pulled Pork Barbacoa Photo 5

How did you like this article?

You may also like