Hot and Spicy Slow Cooker Korean Barbeque Pork Shoulder

This is a quick-prep, super-easy slow cooker recipe for Korean barbeque pork shoulder. Just throw it in, less than 5 minutes prep, only a few ingredients, then serve with rice or noodles and a salad or kimchi and you're done, or fork shred for Korean-style tacos.

• Preparation Time: 5 mins
• Cooking Time: 4 hr
• Total Time: 4 hr 5 mins
• Calories: 397 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 small sweet onion, diced
• 2 ½ pounds pork shoulder roast
• coconut oil cooking spray
• 1 cup Korean barbeque sauce (such as Bibigo®)
• 1 tablespoon gochujang (Korean hot pepper paste)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Spray the inside of a slow cooker with coconut oil cooking spray. Place pork inside cooker and slather all sides with barbeque sauce. Top with sweet onion. Cover and cook on High for 3 hours.

Step 2

Mix gochujang into the resulting sauce in the slow cooker. Continue cooking on High until pork is fork-tender, about 1 hour more.