Porky the Pig Part 1

This will be the first of my pork installments.  One of my favorite things to do is to make one main meat which then can be used for multiple different dishes. It saves time and money. My favorite example of this is my pulled pork.  I use one large pork shoulder which then can be used for dinner that night--usually pork sandwiches and then frozen into multiple containers for various other dishes which also use the same pulled pork. This is the basic pulled pork and for the next few weeks I will give you various uses for this one meat.

Pulled Pork

1 tablespoon butter
1 pork shoulder (make sure it will fit in your crock pot)

Cajun seasoning

1 large onion or 2 med onions, chopped

4 cloves of garlic crushed

2 bottles of beer (any beer will do, yes even Coors lite)

2 tablespoon liquid smoke

Season shoulder generously with Cajun seasoning and rub in. Melt butter in pan. Brown pork on all sides. Move pork to slow cooker. Add onion and garlic to pan and cook until tender. Move to slow cooker. De glaze the pan with one bottle of beer and place in slow cooker. Add second beer and liquid smoke to slow cooker. If the liquid doesn't almost or completely cover the pork then add beef stock or more beer. Cover and cook on low for 10-12 hours. Around hour 10 remove bone and shred pork. Before serving remove fat.
**This dinner gets better the longer it cooks so if you are busy and it cooks longer no worries**

I serve this on Kaiser rolls with BBQ sauce (Wegman's Brown Sugar BBQ is a personal favorite) usually with sweet potatoes on the side (recipe to come).