Cooker Apple Pulled Pork, slow
A satisfying apple pulled pork recipe seasoned with fresh apples, cinnamon, paprika and rubbed sage. It cooks in the slow cooker for several hours, letting all the flavors melt into the meat.
We love the smell and taste of meat that has been cooked for hours and hours. It results in the most flavorful and satisfying recipe. Which is apple pulled pork so much. It is made with diced apples, apple juice, and apple cider vinegar to give it to a wonderful apple flavor.
This recipe is made with a handful of lighter ingredients and is thus naturally Paleo, Gluten-free, Dairy-free, and Grain-free.
If you love slow cooker recipes, try our Slow Cooker Paleo Irish Beef Stew, Lighter Slow Cooker Hungarian Goulash Beef Stew, or Creamy Beef Stew with Kale and Tomato.
We are happy to be collaborating with U.S Wellness Meats on this recipe. They gave us this pork shoulder roast and we came up with the yummy recipe! If you’ve been following our blog, you’ll know we've worked with them before and we've made some really satisfying recipes using their high quality products:
- This Paleo Pumpkin Meat Sauce Ragu using their beef, bison and pork.
- This Butternut Squash & Chicken Soup using their chicken, bacon, and chicken stock.
- This Paleo Sausage, Apple, And Chestnut Stuffing using their sausage and chicken stock.
- And lastly, this Garlic And Fresh Herb Heart Of Shoulder Roast using their heart of shoulder roast.
Some fun facts about U.S. Wellness Meat’s heritage pork is that it comes from animals that are sustainably raised, where they can forage for food. Their diets consist of no antibiotics, no GMOs, and no hormones.
Recipe ingredients
- pork shoulder roast– any good quality shoulder roast works for this recipe.
- diced apples– you can use any kind of apple you like.
- mustard– make sure your mustard doesn’t have added sugar.
- honey– we like using raw honey here.
- apple juice– make sure to use pure apple juice.
- apple cider vinegar– this helps make the pork tender.
- chicken stock– this helps to cook the pork.
- onion powder and garlic powder– these season the meat.
- cinnamon, paprika, rubbed sage– these season the pork while it cooks.
See recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.
Additions/ Substitutions
- Instead of chicken stock, you can use beef stock.
- Instead of honey, you can use maple syrup.
Step by step instructions
Step 1: Put the diced apples, mustard, honey, apple juice, apple cider vinegar, and broth into the slow cooker.
Step 2
Step 2: Mix all of the spices together,
Step 3
Step 3: Cover the pork shoulder roast in the spices and put the pork on top of the diced apples in the slow cooker.
Let everything cook in the slow cooker until the pork shreds easily.
Recipe FAQs
How do you store this pork?Put the extra pulled pork into an airtight container and refrigerate for 3-4 days.
What can you serve with it?We love serving this pulled pork with cottage mashed potatoes and lighter coleslaw.
What cut of meat is best for pulled pork?Pork shoulder! But we have experimented with other cuts and they work as well.
Prep 15 minutesCook 8 hoursTotal 8 hours 15 minutesMakes 8 servings
Ingredients
- 3.5 pounds pork shoulder roast
- 2 heaping cups diced apples
- 1 Tbs mustard
- 2 Tbs honey
- 1/2 cup apple juice
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup beef or chicken stock
- 2 tsp onion powder
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 Tbs paprika
- 2 tsp rubbed sage
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
Method
- Put the diced apples into the slow cooker. Top the diced apples with the mustard, honey, apple juice, apple cider vinegar and beef or chicken stock. Mix everything together.
- Then, combine all of the spices together ( onion powder, garlic powder, cinnamon, paprika, rubbed sage, salt, black pepper). Rub the spice mixture on top of the pork.
- Put the pork on top of the apples in the slow cooker.
- Cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 6 hours.
- Remove the pork from the slow cooker, strain the apples, and keep the liquid.
- Then, shred the pork in a large bowl, add the apples on top, and add a little bit of the liquid (enough to make the pulled pork moist). You can throw the rest of the liquid away. Mix the pulled pork, and apples together.
Notes
- Instead of chicken stock, you can use beef stock.
- Instead of honey, you can use maple syrup.
