21 Day Fix Friendly Slow-cooker Pulled Pork

           21 Day Fix Friendly Slow- cooker Pulled Pork

I love,love BBQ pulled pork anytime of the year, but it can be high in calories depending on the amount of fat on the pork and the BBQ sauce.  So,  I needed a recipe that gave me a little bit more control over the amount and type of BBQ sauce that was used and the cut of the meat. This recipe starts off with using Homemade BBQ sauce (see above post for the recipe 21 Day Fix Friendly Homemade BBQ sauce) with this I can control the calories in the sauce and the amount of sauce that is put on the pork. Make the BBQ sauce up a head of time and store it in the fridge until it is time to be used.

Next I used the smallest loin I could find since I was making this for my family. Depending on the size of your pork loin, you will have to alter how much BBQ sauce to add. Keep in mind the pork shrinks after it is cooked, so you will want to weigh it cooked. I basically added 2 tablespoons of BBQ sauce for every 3 ounces of cooked pork along with some of the reserved juices from the pork. 

SLOW-COOKER PULLED PORK

INGREDIENTS:

• 2.5 lb boneless pork loin roast (center cut, trimmed of all fat)
• 2 tsp red wine vinegar
• 2 tsp Hickory liquid smoke
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 1 cup Homemade BBQ sauce

DIRECTIONS:

Place pork in the slow cooker and season with salt, vinegar, garlic powder and liquid smoke. Cover and set to high 6 hours. Remove pork and transfer onto a large dish; reserve all the liquid into a cup and set aside.Shred the pork with two forks and put it back into the slow cooker along with about 3/4 cup of the reserved liquid and the BBQ sauce (for every 3 oz cooked pork, I used 2 tbsp BBQ sauce). Cook on high one more hour. I like to serve it on these yummy Whole Wheat Slider buns with a side of homemade coleslaw(see my blog Lorimudd.blogspot.com for recipe).

21 Day Fix Friendly
Pulled Pork