HEALTHIER PULLED PORK SANDWICHES

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Some easy tricks to making healthier pulled pork sandwiches include using a leaner cut of meat, choosing a lower-calorie barbecue sauce, and serving your sandwiches with smaller buns and a lower-fat coleslaw. To top it all off, this recipe is made in the slow cooker, so it doesn't get easier than this!

Provided by Cook Right

Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Sauces BBQ Sauce Recipes

Time 6h20m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 12

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Ingredients

1 cup chopped onion
1 ½ pounds lean boneless pork shoulder, trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces
1 ½ teaspoons chili powder
1 ½ teaspoons paprika
1 teaspoon ground cumin
½ teaspoon ground chipotle chile pepper, or more to taste
½ teaspoon cracked black pepper
¼ teaspoon dry mustard
½ cup water
½ cup vinegar-based barbecue sauce
8 (2 ounce) whole-wheat hamburger buns, toasted
4 cups prepared coleslaw

Steps:

Put onion in a 4-quart slow cooker; top with pork. Stir chili powder, paprika, cumin, chipotle pepper, black pepper, and dry mustard together in a small bowl; sprinkle over pork. Pour water over pork. Cook, covered, on Low until pork is very tender, about 6 hours.
Remove pork from slow cooker and shred with 2 forks. Return pork to juices in the cooker. Stir in barbecue sauce.
Spoon 1/3 cup pork evenly onto each bun bottom; top each with 1/2 cup slaw and top bun.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 351 calories, Carbohydrate 49.7 g, Cholesterol 39.9 mg, Fat 8.5 g, Fiber 3.6 g, Protein 17.9 g, SaturatedFat 2.3 g, Sodium 516.7 mg, Sugar 10.3 g