Sweet and Spicy Ginger Beer Pulled Pork

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 600 min
Servings: 18
Yield: 18 servings

Description

This sweet and spicy ginger beer pulled pork is made in the slow cooker for a make-ahead dinner that the whole family will love.

Ingredients

2 sweet onions, peeled and quartered
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 1/2 teaspoons dark brown sugar, or more to taste
1 1/2 teaspoons smoked paprika
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon garlic powder, or more to taste
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 (6 pound) Boston pork butt roast
13 fluid ounces ginger beer

Directions

1 Arrange onions in the bottom of a slow cooker.
2 Mix salt, brown sugar, paprika, black pepper, garlic powder, and red pepper flakes together in a bowl until well mixed; rub all over pork roast. Place roast in the slow cooker, fat-side up.
3 Cook on Low for 1 hour. Pour ginger beer into slow cooker; continue cooking until roast is tender and pulls apart easily with a fork, 9 to 11 hours.