Slow cooker pork, cooked until tender and dressed Carolina style with a basic vinegar and mustard-based sauce.
Crockpot Carolina Style Pulled Pork
This pulled pork recipe came about when recently, I posted over on Facebook a slow, stovetop simmered, cheater pulled pork I learned last summer. It is done on the top of the stove, and even though it's completely unconventional, it produces an incredibly flavored pork The Cajun and I instantly fell in love with.
Several Deep South Dish Facebook family members reported they did a similar pork using their crockpots. Well, y'all talked me into investing in a new slow cooker {since the one I owned is at least... ahem... 33 years old} and the first thing I set my mind to doing was some kind of pork barbecue.
I pulled out one of my old slow cooker cookbooks and started off with the intention of doing a plain pulled pork, and then remembered a couple others on Facebook had mentioned Carolina barbecue pork, so I switched gears mid-stream.
I found a basic recipe on the Crockpot brand website, then did a bit of research and ended up with this version. I'm thinking that the seasoning that I put together would probably have made a great rub to marinade the pork with the night before, but I thought of it a little late, but I have to say, I loved the flavor when adding it after shredding the pork too.
Now, first off before any Carolina folks get on me... I am a Mississippian and mostly we like a sweet and spicy, and wet, tomato-based barbecue pork down here, so just like every other region of this country, our barbecue varies from other regions of the U.S.
So, in other words, just as I'd never claim authenticity on my Italian Drip Beef for Sandwiches, I'd also never be so bold as to say that this recipe is genuine, authentic, Carolina barbecue pork - only that it is Carolina style or inspired, since it is a basic vinegar and mustard-based sauce.
Besides, from what I understand, y'all do it different even among yourselves depending on what part of the Carolinas you're from anyway!
I can tell y'all one thing.
This recipe may be different from what we do here in Mississippi, but it sure has just the right kind of tang for me for a change of pace. It is just downright delicious!
Here's how to make it.
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Now, first off before any Carolina folks get on me... I am a Mississippian and mostly we like a sweet and spicy, and wet, tomato-based barbecue pork down here, so just like every other region of this country, our barbecue varies from other regions of the U.S.
So, in other words, just as I'd never claim authenticity on my Italian Drip Beef for Sandwiches, I'd also never be so bold as to say that this recipe is genuine, authentic, Carolina barbecue pork - only that it is Carolina style or inspired, since it is a basic vinegar and mustard-based sauce.
Besides, from what I understand, y'all do it different even among yourselves depending on what part of the Carolinas you're from anyway!
I can tell y'all one thing.
This recipe may be different from what we do here in Mississippi, but it sure has just the right kind of tang for me for a change of pace. It is just downright delicious!
Here's how to make it.
Pin It
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