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Slow Cooker Asian Pulled Pork
Delicious, savory Asian pulled pork...all cooked up in your slow cooker! Piled up on fresh cooked rice or stuffed into a crisp lettuce leaf, it's loaded with familiar delicious Asian flavors and will become one of your favorite meals!
Course
dinner, Main Dishes
Cuisine
Asian
Keyword
easy meals, low-carb, weeknight meals
Servings
8
servings
Author
Lisa from A Day in the Kitchen
Equipment
Slow Cooker
Ingredients
5
lbs.
pork shoulder/butt/collar roast
Marinade:
⅓
cup
soy sauce
(tamari or liquid aminos for gluten-free)
3
tablespoons
rice vinegar
2
tablespoons
honey
3
cloves
garlic,
finely minced or grated
1
teaspoon
grated ginger
1
teaspoon
sesame oil
½
teaspoon
white pepper
Sauce Thickening Slurry:
1 ½
tablespoons
tapioca starch
(cornstarch okay)
2
tablespoon
cold water
Optional Garnishes:
Sesame seeds
Chopped green onions
Sliced chili peppers
Chili sauce
Instructions
Cut pork roast into 4 large chunks and place into a large ziploc bag.
In a bowl or measuring cup, combine all the marinade ingredients. Add to the pork in the bag.
Seal the ziploc bag, squeezing out as much air as possible. Marinate in the fridge overnight.
Cooking Day:
Place pork and marinade in your slow cooker pot and cook on High for 4-6 hours or Low for 10-12 hours.
Remove pork chunks to a bowl and use two forks to shred/pull the meat apart.
Transfer all the liquid from the slow cooker to a stove pot and heat over medium heat until just beginning to bubble.
Combine tapioca starch (or cornstarch) and water and stir well to create a slurry.
Stir the starch slurry into the sauce in the pot to thicken. Remove from heat.
Add 1 cup of the sauce to the pulled pork and mix well. Reserve the rest of the sauce in a dish to be served on the side.
Serve with rice or in lettuce wraps. Top with sesame seeds, chopped green onions, chili peppers, chili sauce, if desired.
Notes
Pork is cooked when the meat pulls apart very easily using two forks.
I cook the pork in the slow cooker on Low overnight.
Add chili powder or chili sauce to your marinade if you want to add some spice to the pulled pork.
It's also great stuffed into a bun for a pulled pork sandwich.
Serve it with something fresh and tangy like
Apple Coleslaw
or
Pickled Daikon and Carrots
.
Pulled pork can be frozen for future meals. To reheat, place in a skillet over medium-low heat and stir until heated through.