North Carolia Pulled Pork

Sauce
Ingredients:

• 1 cup cider vinegar
• 1/3 cup Worcestershire sauce
• 1 1/2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Pork
Ingredients:

• 1 (4 -6 lb) pork butt or 1 (4 -6 lb) shoulder roast
• 2 onions, quartered
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions:

1. Rinse the pork roast with cold water and pat dry. Cut excess fat off, but don't worry about getting it completely removed. You want some fat for flavor.
2. Combine sauce ingredients in a small-medium sized bowl and whisk to mix well.
3. Break up onions and place in crock pot.
4. Combine brown suger, paprika, salt and pepper in a small bowl and mix well.
5. Rub dry spices all over the pork roast to coat evenly and place in cock pot.
6. Drizzle with about 1/3 of the sauce.
7. Refrigerate remaining sauce in sealed container.
8. Cook on low for 8-10 hours depending upon size of pork roast (best results); 4-6 hours on high.
9. Remove pork from crock pot. Remove onions from crock pot and discard, keeping all the juices in the crock pot.
10. Add the remaing sauce to the crock pot and set it to the low or warming setting.
11. Shred the pork and return it to the crock pot.

Note: This is great for sandwiches, tacos, burritos, burrito bowls... use your imagination.

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