Pork loin can be shredded to create a large quantity of pulled pork that is perfect for cookouts, potlucks, gatherings for a large number of people, or for lunches and dinners – with plenty of leftovers to freeze and reheat. This dish can be served on hamburger buns or by itself, “sloppy joe” style.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 4 hrs |
| Total Time: | 4 hrs 20 mins |
| Servings: | 24 |
Ingredients
- 3 (1 1/2 pound) pork tenderloins
- 4 cups chopped onions
- 1 (18 ounce) bottle hickory smoke-flavored barbecue sauce
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
- ½ (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle diet pepper-type soda (such as Diet Dr Pepper®)
- ¼ cup reduced-sodium Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons liquid smoke flavoring
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
Instructions
- Cut each pork tenderloin into 4 pieces and place into a slow cooker; set to High.
- Stir onions, barbecue sauce, crushed tomatoes, diet soda, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, liquid smoke flavoring, paprika, red pepper flakes, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a bowl; pour mixture over pork tenderloin pieces. Cover and cook until tenderloin pieces begin to shred at the edges, 3 to 4 hours.
- Shred meat using 2 forks; reduce slow cooker setting to Low and cook 1 more hour.
- Substitute any other diet soda; the soda is used as a substitute for brown sugar.
- I used 3 (1 1/2-pound) packs Farmland Oven Perfect Chipotle Barbecue pork loin fillets.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 148 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 10 g |
| Cholesterol | 48 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 16 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 322 mg |
| Sugars | 6 g |
| Fat | 5 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Very flavorful recipe. I made this for a family dinner for my quite picky family and they loved it! My family consists of people aged 16 and older, so I’m not quite sure how a family with younger kids would enjoy it.
Tasted awesome! However, the sauce was more like soup and for some reason, I couldn’t shred my meet. I cooked on high for 5 hours. Maybe I’ll do small chunks next time, but I probably won’t use this recipe.
Excellent recipe for pork loin. We’ll definitely use this again. I used Dr. Pepper instead of a diet Dr. Pepper.
I made a few minor adjustments to the recipe. I drained all the liquid before I shred the pork. Then put back in the crock pot. Overall very thankful to find this one.
It was delicious!
im sorry to say this was a miss with the family. all my husband could talk about was he tasted the soda…
smells and tastes amazing
Drained the tomatoes as the other review said, we really enjoyed it and can’t wait to make it again!!
It turned out so good, the flavor is so good. Very watery though even though I took the water out of the tomatoes and it was still very watery but I drained it condensed down and it’s very good we are about to eat, you should try this recipe I’m gonna have to freeze some of it , I made so much. I love it though!!!
Made this once and now its cooking yet again. My husband and son are barbecue hounds and finished it before we got to have it for leftovers! A definite winner!!
Loved it! Next time I’ll half the cinnamon .
It’s actually still in the pot. Had to taste it while shredding it! I like it! Tasty but not overpowering the flavor of the pork. I also used Sweet Baby Rays original BBQ sauce. Like some of the others said, a little too watery, but that’s easy to remedy next time. I will be cooking for his again with a tweak or two. Good recipe as it is though!
Used a pork loin from BJ’s, doubled the tomatoes and bbq sauce (hickory sweet baby rays) doubled the red pepper flakes and salted the pork over night. Cooked fat side up, it was done in 3 hrs on high in crock pot. Fantastic dish! Will do again.
Made it with pork tenderloin. I did not use liquid smoke instead I substituted a hickory smoked barbecue sauce. Great flavor
I added a touch of salt and cumin to the mix. Absolutley delicious. I am going to be making this recipe alot. Very easy and very good.
Sweet & Smoky Slow Cooked Pulled Pork Haiku: “Didn’t like nutmeg. Dr. Pepper a nice touch, did mine low n’ slow.” Used a pork LOIN (3 lb.) not tenderloin b/c I don’t like to obliterate a lovely tenderloin by shredding it, and rubbed it down w/ the dry spices called for in the recipe. Dumped all the ingredients on top of it, and let it sit on low for 7 hrs. b4 shredding and returning it to the slow-cooker, where I left it on the “warm” setting for a little while b4 we were ready to have it for dinner. (Served w/ sweet potato fries, salad, and collard greens.) I thought the nutmeg was a little too heavy, and the sauce too watery, so making it again, I’d halve the nutmeg and drain the tomatoes entirely.
I followed this recipe with the exception the I read the reviews snd drained the water from the tomatoes can… is absolutley delicious and as. Leftover is amazing
Nice flavor. I agree…too watery.
I enjoyed this.. nice flavor. Only change next time will be to drain the tomatoes.. it was a bit watery