This was the first dish I made when I got my slow cooker and it went down very well with the family.  My son said “That’s the best burger I’ve ever had”.  This is also great for any party as the slow cooker can keep this warm.  Serve with brioche buns and coleslaw.

Ingredients:

• 1 tsp vegetable oil
• Pork shoulder
• 100ml BBQ sauce
• 100ml cider vinegar
• 100ml chicken stock
• 50g light brown sugar
• 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tbsp chilli powder
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1½ tsp dried thyme
• Brioche buns

Method:

1. Pour the vegetable oil into the bottom of the slow cooker.  Place the pork into the slow cooker.
2. Pour in the BBQ sauce, cider vinegar, chicken stock, sugar, mustard, worcestershre sauce, chilli powder, onion garlic and thyme and stir, drizzling the sauce over the pork.  Occasionally drizzling the sauce over the pork whilst cooking.
3. Cover and cook on high until the pork sheds easily with a fork.  Depending on the size your pork, 0.7kgs cooks in 4hours.
4. Remove from the slow cooker, reserving the remaining sauce in a separate bowl.  Shred using 2 forks.  Return the shredded pork to the slow cooker, stir in some juices – depending on how saucy you like.
5. In the meantime, split the buns in half and grill until slightly toasted.
6. Spoon the pork into the toasted buns and enjoy with coleslaw.

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