Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground allspice
- 1 1/2 teaspoons thyme
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dry mustard
- 1 1/2 teaspoons coarse salt
- 1 teaspoon sweet or hot paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 3-lb boneless pork butt
- 1 cup apple cider or apple juice
- 1 bay leaf
- 8 Whole-wheat hamburger buns sliced open
- BBQ sauce
- Fresh cilantro
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine all the ingredients up to and including the cayenne.
- Using your fingers, rub spices together to ensure ginger is evenly dispersed. Then, rub the spice mixture all over the pork.
- Put the pork in the slow cooker, fat-side up, and pour the apple cider over it. Add the bay leaf.
- Cook on low for 8 hours. Then, remove pork from slow cooker and shred it using 2 forks.
- Skim the fat off the liquid in the slow cooker, drizzle a couple of tablespoons of the remaining liquid over meat, and stir.
- Serve on a bun with BBQ sauce and a sprinkle of fresh cilantro.