Easy Delicious Barbecue Pork

This easy Barbecue Pork is my go-to easy-delicious-everyone-loves-it recipe for the weekend. The tasty pork can be used as an entrée and in sandwiches, tacos or nachos. And it’s EASY!

I’ve cooked barbecue pork from pork tenderloin and I’ve also used pork roast (shoulder or butt).  They are equally delicious.  The roast is a more fatty cut but the fat pretty much melts away and is poured out with the liquid. The roast is a bit easier to pull. Not into pulled pork? Chop it up and call it chopped pork.

Pulled Pork

4 pound pork roast (shoulder or butt) . . . OR pork tenderloin

1 can Ginger Ale

1 large sliced sweet onion (optional)

1 bottle of your favorite barbecue sauce.  We love Slim’s sauce from Slim’s Bar-B-Que in Arcadia (seriously you have to stop if you’re ever driving across Florida) but more often use Sweet Baby Ray’s which is also very good and easier to find.

I spray nonstick spray on the inside of my crock pot and put the pork (and onion)  in it, pouring the ginger ale over the top of it.  Cover and cook it on low overnight or about 8 hours.  Remove the meat, drain the liquid (save a little if you want to add it when you return it to the crock pot – I think it keeps the meat from becoming dry), pull the pork (I usually either use my hands or two forks to pull the meat apart) and then return it to the crock pot.

Pour barbecue sauce over the meat and cook it on low another hour.  Serve with hamburger buns and more barbecue sauce. Or serve it by itself or make tacos or nachos! I like a bit of sweet coleslaw with barbecue pork.  Leftovers freeze well.  . . . or so I understand.  We never have any leftovers unless we are saving room for dessert. Be sure to try this Key Lime Pie for a delicious finishing touch to your meal.