Slow Cooker Maple Pulled Pork

This Slow Cooker Maple Pulled Pork has the perfect amount of sweetness and makes dinner time a piece of cake!

Some of our other favorite recipes to make in the slow cooker include Slow Cooker Mac & Cheese, Slow Cooker BBQ Brisket, and Slow Cooker Beef and Barley Soup.

You know I have a thing for my slow cooker.  I did write an entire slow cooker cookbook after all – I may have mentioned it a time or two!  I’ve used my slow cooker so much in the last year and a half while I was developing the recipes, writing the cookbook, testing the cookbook, photographing the cookbook that I’ve gotten a little addicted to it.

If I go more than 3 or 4 days without using my slow cooker I start to shake a bit.  You would think between the 100 recipes in the cookbook and the dozens I have here on the blog that I’d run out of ideas on how to use my slow cooker.  Lucky for you and me, that isn’t the case.

Pulled Pork Recipe

One of the easiest and most popular recipes to make in the slow cooker is pulled pork.  I’ve got a couple of them here on the blog including this Balsamic Honey Pulled Pork and Slow Cooker Shredded Chipotle Pork. Pulled Pork is a go to slow cooker recipe for a lot of people. Today’s recipe is a variation on that pulled pork theme.

What Kind of Pork Do I use for Pulled Pork?

I like using a pork shoulder roast but have also used a picnic roast. A boneless roast works best.

How Do I Make Maple Pulled Pork?

Instead of BBQ sauce, we are using maple syrup. 

• Mix together the rub using chili power, smoked paprkia, cumin and salt.
• Rub onto both sides of the roast.
• Brown the roast in a frying pan in some olive oil.
• Place the pork roast, sliced onion, garlic and seasoning into the slow cooker. 
• Pour a mixture of maple syrup and apple cider vinegar over the top of the roast.
• Cook on low for 7-8 hours or until the pork falls apart. 

• Drain off the juices and strain them into a saucepan.
• Add cornstarch to the juices and stir to dissolve.
• Heat until it comes to a low boil and thickens. I like to add in a little more maple syrup to the gravy to sweeten it a little more. 
• Pour the gravy over the shredded pork. 

How Do I Serve Pulled Pork?

My favorite way to serve it is over rice but it would be great on some kind of bun too.  I think it would also be amazing in a taco or a quesadilla too!

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Slow Cooker Maple Pulled Pork