This Hawaiian pulled pork is cooked in a sweet and tangy pineapple sauce, shredded, and served over warm white rice.
Course Main Dish
Cuisine American
Method Slow Cooker
Main Ingredient Pork
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 6 hourshours
Additional Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 6 hourshours30 minutesminutes
Author Kelli Miller
Ingredients
2-3poundspork shoulder roast
2Cup(s)pineapple juice
1teaspoonground ginger
1teaspoonpaprika
1tablespoonminced garlic3 cloves
¾Cup(s)brown sugarpacked
⅓Cup(s)low sodium soy sauce
⅔Cup(s)ketchup
¼Cup(s)apple cider vinegar
2tablespoonssriracha
1Cup(s)crushed pineappledrained
2Cup(s)white ricecooked
Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Place the pork roast in the bowl of a slow cooker and season with salt and pepper.
In a medium bowl, combine pineapple juice, ginger, paprika, minced garlic, brown sugar, soy sauce, ketchup, apple cider vinegar, and sriracha. Whisk to mix.
Reserve 2 cups of sauce and pour the remaining sauce over the pork roast.
Top the roast with crushed pineapple.
Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours or high for 4 to 5 hours.
When roast is finished cooking, place reserved sauce in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer. Simmer for 10 minutes or until sauce begins to thicken.
Remove meat from slow cooker and shred with a fork.
Remove sauce from heat. Place shredded meat in the saucepan with the sauce and stir to coat.