My husband LOVES the Waikaloa Hilton's Pull Pork. He can't stop raving about it when we went there on our family trip. He also said he'll "love me long time" if i could make it just as good. Yeah right! I decided to give it a try...
5 lb pork butt (aka pork shoulder...I still don't get it)
1 tbs hawaiian salt
3 tbs paprika
1 tbs brown sugar
2.5 tbs mustard (1 tbsp if dry, but i didn't have any)
3 cloves of garlic (chopped finely)
1 can of cola
1 onion (slice)
1 bottle of your favorite bbq sauce
1) rub the first 5 ingredients on the pork butt, marinate for at least 5 hours or overnight.
2) place sliced onions on the bottom of the crockpot.
3) place marinated pork butt on top of onion slices.
4) pour in a can of cola.
5) set crockpot on high for 5-6 hours, or until meat can be easily pulled apart by a fork.
6) remove pork and place into a big bowl, shred meat with two forks
7) discard the rest of the things in the crockpot, do a quick wipe and dump the shredded meat back inside, add your favorite bbq sauce, toss, and let it cook for another 30 min to an hour.
8) serve!!
I made a few mistakes while I was doing this recipe as I was trying to speed up the prepping 1) I didn't let the pork defrost all the way. 2) I didn't marinate for 5 hours. I really only rubbed the ingredients on and pop it into the crockpot right away *shame on me*. 3) I cooked it for only 4.5 hours. With all those mistakes, the pork ended up not fallen off the bones and I was having a very hard time shredding with my fork. I end up using my fingers to shred them. But still turned out delicious, even though I tried to speed it up. I served it with rice and salad the first night, with some pull pork nachos on the side. I still had alot of leftovers so I made pull pork sliders the next day. I packed them up last night and put them in the freezer. Will be using it to make quesadillas on a rainy day. (aka don't-wanna-cook day)
Thanks for stopping by my blog! I just bought some Hawaiian salt so I'll need to try this recipe!
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Janice