Slow Cooker Pulled Pork with Root Beer Sauce

Make melt-in-your mouth pork for easy sandwiches with a surprising secret ingredient--taste it and you'll be a believer.

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ingredients 9
Prep Time 35 min
Total Time 7 hr 15 min

Ingredients

1: tablespoon olive or vegetable oil

1: boneless pork loin roast (3 lb)

2: teaspoons salt

1/2: teaspoon pepper

1: medium onion, chopped (1/2 cup)

2: cans (12 oz each) root beer (3 cups)

1: bottle (12 oz) chili sauce

1/2: teaspoon salt

12: sandwich buns

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Directions

1 In 10-inch skillet, heat oil over high heat. Cook pork roast in oil 6 to 10 minutes or until brown on all sides.
2 In 3- to 4-quart slow cooker, place pork roast, 2 teaspoon salt, the pepper, onion and 1 cup of the root beer. Cover; cook on Low heat setting 7 to 8 hours.
3 About 30 minutes before serving, in 4-quart saucepan or Dutch oven, heat remaining 2 cups root beer, the chili sauce and 1/2 teaspoon salt to boiling over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium. Cook 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until mixture is glossy and reduced to 2 1/2 to 3 cups.
4 Remove pork from slow cooker, discarding cooking liquid. Shred pork, using 2 forks to pull pork apart. Stir in chili sauce mixture. To serve, spoon about 1/2 cup pork mixture in each bun.

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Expert Tips

Do not use diet root beer for this recipe.

For more root beer flavor, stir 1/4 teaspoon root beer concentrate into chili sauce mixture.

Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 370
Calories from Fat: 110),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 12g; 12%
(Saturated Fat 3 1/2g, 3 1/2% Trans Fat 0g 0% ),
Cholesterol: 70mg; 70%;
Sodium: 1130mg; 1130%;
Total Carbohydrate: 34g; 34%
(Dietary Fiber 3g 3% Sugars 14g 14% ),
Protein: 30g; 30%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 4%;
Vitamin C: 4%;
Calcium: 8%;
Iron: 15%;

Exchanges:

1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 3 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Pmasters

report Posted Nov. 8, 2012 1:15 PM

I made this about a month ago and my boyfriend and his daughter who does not like pork loved it. Am making it again this weekend.

carametz

report Posted Nov. 8, 2012 9:08 AM

Good, but maybe adding a little brown sugar would make it a little better. It just seemed to be missing something...

nowaknj1

report Posted Sep. 30, 2012 8:44 PM

My hubby said it was restaurant quality pork barbecue and he should know as he is a restaurant manager! Not a lot of root beer flavor but delicious!Will definitely make it again!

Shirley97128

report Posted Aug. 8, 2012 3:43 AM

As I am highly allergic to tomato anything, I am excited to find alternatives, as pulled pork is one of my favorite foods. Dr Pepper works really good too, now I can give root beer a try.

tyladydi

report Posted Jun. 1, 2012 11:19 PM

Guess I should have read the entire recipe first. I made it with diet root beer( I'm diabetic) After reading that I should have used regular root beer I added about 1/4 cup of honey. It was delicious, don't know how it should have been, but was great with the diet and honey. Will DEFINATELY make it again.