Big V's Slow-Cooker Pulled Pork

Picnic pork roast is marinated overnight with beer, mustard, and honey, then slow cooked until tender for a delicious dinner that's well worth the wait.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 hr
• Total Time: 10 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 422 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle beer
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 3 pounds pork picnic roast
• 2 tablespoons crushed garlic, or to taste
• 0.75 cup water
• 0.25 cup honey
• 0.25 cup mustard, or to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Mix beer, mustard, honey, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, cayenne pepper, and salt in a bowl until honey is dissolved. Pour a small amount of the beer marinade into a slow cooker; add pork. Pour remaining marinade over pork. Cover and refrigerate overnight, turning pork occasionally.

Step 2

Cook pork on Low in the slow cooker for 8 hours, basting occasionally. Add water if the pork becomes dry. Drop onion around pork and continue to cook until pork is very tender, about 2 hours more.

Step 3

Pull and shred pork with two forks, discarding any pieces of fat. Transfer pork to a serving dish. Skim remaining onion from the slow cooker using a sieve and add to pork.