Pulled Pork Sandwich

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups (375 ml) barbecue sauce
• 1 1/4 cups (300 ml) lager beer or chicken broth
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) apple cider vinegar
• 2 tsp (10 ml) sweet paprika
• 2 tsp (10 ml) chili powder
• 2 tsp (10 ml) ground cumin
• 1 tsp (5 ml) salt
• 3 lbs (1.5 kg) boneless pork shoulder roast
• 2 tbsp (30 ml) olive oil
• 8 hamburger buns or large crusty rolls, split and warmed

Directions:

Place barbecue sauce, beer, sugar and vinegar in your slow cooker and whisk to combine. On a wide plate, mix together the paprika, chili powder, cumin and salt. Set the pork on the plate and roll to coat evenly with the spice mix.

Place oil in a large skillet set over medium-high heat. Add pork and sear on all sides. Set pork in slow cooker, turning it to coat with sauce. Cover and cook on low setting for 8 hours, or until very tender. Remove pork from sauce and set it in a bowl. Skim off any fat from surface of sauce, then cover and keep sauce warm in the slow cooker.

When pork is cool enough to handle, shred it with 2 forks, getting rid of any obviously fatty bits. Add meat to sauce, cover and heat through for 10 minutes. Pile pork into buns and serve.

Makes 8 sandwiches

Source: Vancouver.24hrs.ca