Crockpot Pull Pork

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)

UPDATE! I just made this again and it is definitely WAY better when the pork is completely defrosted!! Woohoo!!

Cola Chicken

My mom used to make this for us when I was little. I used to LOVE it! I never did make it, so in an attempt to use up the liter coke we have at home. Here it is!

12 pieces of Chicken wings
Salt and Pepper
1 can coke

Is it really that easy!? YES IT IS!!!

1) sprinkle salt and pepper on chicken, mix well.
2) toss chicken wings in a heated greased small pot or skillet deep enough to hold the cola, cook for about 3 minutes.
3) Stir in the can of coke, and let it boil, then reduce heat and let it simmer until sauce evaporates, about 20-30 minutes. Stir occasionally to avoid burn (especially when the sauce is close to evaporation).
4) Serve.

Lil P really enjoyed them! :)

Shoyu-Cola Chicken

I haven't made this yet but probably will since Mr. P got a 2-liter cola from buying pizza the other day....

12 piece of chicken wings
1 can of coke
1 cup of shoyu
2 cloves of garlic, minced
Salt and pepper
dash of oil

1) salt and pepper the chicken wings.
2) heat pot/pan with dash of oil, throw in the minced garlic for 1 minute.
3) throw in chicken wings.
4) pour in the can of coke.
5) pour in the cup of shoyu.
6) Bring it to boil, stirring occasionally.
7) reduce heat to medium, let it simmer for about 30 mins or until sauce thickens

Barbeque Cola Chicken

6 Chicken drumsticks or boneless chicken

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 1/2 cup barbeque sauce (more or less as desired)

1/2 can of coca cola

1) In a pot, boil chicken in water until it's almost cooked.

2) Drain the water out of the pot then add the minced garlic in the pot of chicken.

3) Add barbeque sauce in the pot (I used Tony Roma's)

4) Add the 1/2 can of cola and bring to a boil.

5) Reduce heat to medium and cook for about 30 minutes or until the sauce starts to thicken while drinking the leftover can of coke.

Pictured is chicken meat shredded off from the drumsticks. It's so soft that they usually just fall out of the bones. But in my case, Mr. P and lil P were just spoiled. They wanted me to take out the bones...