Slow Cooker Oriental Shredded Pork
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Course: Main Dish
- Skill Level: Beginner, Easy
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- Servings: 6
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 9:20 h
- Ready In: 9:30 h
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This is very simple and easy recipe.Chunked pork shoulder with soy and hoisin sauces cooked in slow cooker and served in whole-wheat pita bread.
Five-spice powder is a mixture of star anise,fennel,cloves,cinnamon and Szechwan pepper.
Ingredients
- 2 ½ pounds (1.2 kg) pork shoulder,trimmed and chunked
- 1 cup (250 ml) apple cider
- 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
- 1 ½ teaspoons five-spice powder
- 6 nonfat whole-wheat pitta breads,split in half
Method
Step 1
Grease inside of slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray. Arrange chunked pork in slow cooker.
Step 2
In a mixing bowl,combine remaining ingredients,except pita bread. Mix well and pour mixture over pork.
Step 3
Cover slow cooker and cook on low-heat setting for 7-8 hours. Remove cooked pork from slow cooker. Using 2 forks,shred meat and return to slow cooker. Heat through.
Step 4
Serve in whole-wheat bread pittas.