Pulled Pork

The school year is upon us. With sports, scouts and church activities, time is crunched. So, to make life easier, I am going to do a lot of crock pot, or slow cooker, cooking. That way, when I'm getting the kids ready in the morning, I can just spend a few extra minutes throwing ingredients in the crock pot, set it on low heat, and let it cook all day. 

Today's dish: pulled pork. 

Ingredients:

3 pound pork shoulder

1/2 white onion

2 cloves garlic

1 1/2 cup ketchup

1/2 cup apple vinegar

3-4 fresh tomatoes

A few mustard seeds.

For the rub (sorry, I eyeballed these):

Brown sugar

Bread crumbs

Nutmeg

Cumen

Paprika

Salt

Pepper.

To start, cut up the onion. I didn't cut it too fine, since I'm just looking for flavor. Put in the crock pot with the ketchup and vinegar. Press the garlic, and add to the crock pot. Slice up the tomatoes and add. Turn on low heat. Throw in just a fee mustard seeds. 

Mix the rub together. Spread over the pork shoulder. Put the rest of the run in the crock pot moisture. Put the pork in the crock pot. Cover. I put aluminum foil over the pot before I put the lid on. 

Cook for 8 hours. In my case, I put it in before 7:00am. The kids will be home by 3:00pm.