Awesome Pulled Pork BBQ

This awesome pulled pork bbq recipe is slow cooked with a tangy apple cider vinegar barbecue sauce with butter, ketchup, and Worcestershire sauce.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 hr
• Total Time: 10 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 548 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups water
• 2 cups chopped celery
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can chicken broth
• 3 stalks celery
• 2 tablespoons prepared mustard
• 1 tablespoon liquid smoke flavoring
• 4 cups ketchup
• 1 large onion, quartered
• 1 pinch garlic powder, or to taste
• 1 (5 pound) boneless pork loin roast
• 1 pinch poultry seasoning, or to taste
• 1 apple, cored and quartered
• 0.5 cup butter
• 1.5 cups chopped onion
• 0.5 cup brown sugar
• 0.25 cup Worcestershire sauce
• 0.66666668653488 cup cider vinegar

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place pork roast in a slow cooker; season with garlic powder, poultry seasoning, salt, and black pepper. Add broth, 3 stalks celery, quartered onion, and apple.

Step 2

Cover slow cooker. Cook on Low until very tender, about 8 hours. Transfer pork roast to a large platter. Discard juice and vegetables. Shred pork roast with a fork; return to slow cooker.

Step 3

While pork roast is cooking, melt butter in a large saucepan. Add 2 cups chopped celery and 1 1/2 cups chopped onion; cook until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add ketchup, water, vinegar, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, liquid smoke, and garlic powder. Reduce heat to low; simmer, stirring occasionally, until sauce is thickened, about 10 minutes. Pour barbecue sauce over shredded pork.

Step 4

Cover slow cooker. Cook on Low until flavors combine, about 2 hours more.