Best Carols Cherry Coke Pulled Pork Recipes

Cherry Cola BBQ Pulled Pork image

Provided by Stacey | SouthernDiscourse.com

Time 8h5m

Number Of Ingredients 6

3-4 lb pork tenderloin
12 oz cherry cola
bbq sauce
1 Tbsp salt
1 Tbsp black pepper
2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes

Steps:

Mix together spices in a small bowl. Rub spices on the top and sides of the tenderloin.
Place pork in a crock pot. Using a basting brush, coat the outside of the tenderloin with bbq sauce. Pour cherry cola over the top of the tenderloin. Cola should fill up the crock pot, covering the bottom half of the tenderloin.
Cook on low in the crock pot for 7-9hrs.

Carol's Cherry Coke Pulled Pork image

Provided by Patsy Fowler @hellchell1

Categories Pork

Number Of Ingredients 14

2 pound(s) pork shoulder, cut into 6 large chunks
1 dash(es) salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoon(s) olive oil
1 - onion chopped
2 - celery stalks chopped
1 - carrot, chopped
1 clove(s) garlic, roughly chopped
2 tablespoon(s) tomato paste
2 tablespoon(s) flour
1 cup(s) red wine
2 can(s) cherry coke
1 bunch(es) parsley stems, tied with string
2 - bay leaves
1 cup(s) beef broth

Steps:

Preheat oven to 325.
Pat the pork dry with paper towels and season with salt and pepper.
In a large Dutch oven, heat the olive oil over medium high heat and working in batches brown the meat on all sides until a golden brown crust forms.
Transfer the pork to a plate. To the pan add the onion, celery, carrot and sweat until softened, 5-7 minutes.
Add the garlic and sweat another 2 minutes.
Stir in the tomato paste and cook for 3 minutes to cook off the raw flavor.
Sprinkle with the flour and cook cook another 2 minutes to cook off it's raw flavor.
Whisk in the wine and reduce it by half.
Return the pork to the Dutch oven then stir in the beef broth, parsley stems and bay leaves.
Add the Cherry Coke if liquid does not come up to the top of the pork. Do not cover the pork with liquid.
Cover the pan and place it in the oven to braise until the meat is fork tender.
Taste and season with more salt and pepper, if needed.
Pull meat apart, to create pulled pork sandwiches.