This mango barbecue sauce for pork recipe achieves a harmony of heat, smokiness, and sweetness. The crusty bun you’ve been trying to come up with a sandwich filling for is the ideal vehicle for it!
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 6 hrs |
| Total Time: | 6 hrs 20 mins |
| Servings: | 10 |
Ingredients
- 2 mangos
- 1 (4 pound) pork shoulder roast
- 2 tablespoons ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons chipotle chile powder, divided
- ¼ cup balsamic vinegar
- 2 cups water
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger bourbon whiskey
- 2 (12 ounce) bottles barbecue sauce
Instructions
- Peel mangos and remove the pits. Place the pits into a slow cooker, then roughly chop the mango and set aside. Place pork shoulder into the slow cooker and season with pepper, salt, and 1 teaspoon chipotle powder. Pour in balsamic vinegar and water.
- Cover and cook on Low until the meat is very tender, 5 to 8 hours. Once done, drain the pork, discarding the cooking liquid and mango pits, and shred with two forks.
- While pork is cooking, purée chopped mango in a blender until smooth, then pour into a saucepan along with honey, remaining chipotle powder, and whiskey. Bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring frequently, until mango has reduced and darkened slightly, about 10 minutes. Stir in barbecue sauce and remove from the heat.
- Return shredded pork to the slow cooker and stir in mango barbecue sauce. Cover and cook on High until pork absorbs the barbecue sauce, 1 to 2 hours.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 319 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 35 g |
| Cholesterol | 68 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 24 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 996 mg |
| Sugars | 26 g |
| Fat | 8 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I have made this recipe for small groups of 10 to large groups of 100. Always a hit. Instead of using chipotle powder, I use canned chipotle peppers. Coarsely chop a small can to cook with the pork in balsamic vinegar and water. I also use several peppers when I puree the mango in the blender. I also add a cup of Woody’s BBQ concentrate to get a smokey taste to the sauce. The canned chipotle peppers bring a nice hint of heat, which is countered with the mango and honey. I also start adding the bbq sauce in small quantities so it will not overpower the mango bourbon base.
This recipe is so good, everyone’s favourite. You can adjust the taste to suit your own & it will always turn out great. I use extra mangos, cause why not? A winner in our house.
Wow this is excellent! Very flavorful, so yummmmm! I did add an extra tsp of honey. I also had to make my own BBQ sauce because I don’t eat sugar,
I think the recipe is okay. To me I would add less bar b que sauce because it overpowered the mango and definitely add the honey. I had crusty rolls and made a meal with this pulled pork recipe. I would definitely make this again but adjust the ingredients slightly.
Excellent
Tangy and sweet with a little bit of a zing. Loved it. I diced the mangos quite small then used a whisk to blend the honey and bourbon until it was soupy. Kept the mangos a bit “chunky” because I happen to love mangos. Substituted ground Cayenne Pepper and Chili powder instead of the Chipolte.
love this recipe, great flavor and easy to make. family favorite now.
This recipe is amazing!!! I’ve never gotten so many compliments on something I made. Definitely try this!!!
I didn’t have fresh mango but had some I canned. Worked great. Very tasty. As my friend said though not a first date dinner. Really messy to eat. Yum
This was absolutely flavorful!!! My kids loved it!!!! Tweaked it a little by using 2 cans of mangos and adding some brown sugar to step 1. I placed about 6 slices of the mangos from the can and poured the juices from the can of mangos into the slow cooker. Also made sure that the there was enough water covering the pork while it was in slow cooker. Absolutely loved it and it was ono- good with laulau!!!
Tender, spicy and delicious
Oh. My. Goodness. This is seriously good! If you are deciding between recipes, pick this one!
It is a favorite in our house. But recommend u cool it for 8hrs in step one
Excellent recipe. I also used the sauce on wings. Next time I make it I may try a little heat in it.
My husband loved this! I used Kraft hickory bbq sauce and mango chipotle seasoning for the ‘smoke’.
This was absolutely delicious. Unfortunately I had to use regular chili powder as I failed to purchase the chipotle chili powder. It was still amazing. My roast was 6 pounds so I increased the other ingredients by I 1/2 times to compensate for the larger piece of meat as well as cooking longer. I did cook for the full 2 hours after adding the sauce to the shredded pork at the end. Yum yum. It is a keeper. Next time I will be sure to purchase the correct chili powder. I forgot to mention that I made the absolutely awesome barbecue sauce to use in this recipe also from this website, but following another reviewers suggestion used bourbon instead of rum.
This was absolutely delicious. Unfortunately I had to use regular chili powder as I failed to purchase the chipotle chili powder. It was still amazing. My roast was 6 pounds so I increased the other ingredients by I 1/2 times to compensate for the larger piece of meat as well as cooking longer. I did cook for the full 2 hours after adding the sauce to the shredded pork at the end. Yum yum. It is a keeper. Next time I will be sure to purchase the correct chili powder. I forgot to mention that I made the absolutely awesome barbecue sauce to use in this recipe also from this website, but following another reviewers suggestion used bourbon instead of rum.
This was good. I did not do it as suggested. I did the smokey Applewood Grill Mates for the seasoning. I did do the two Mango seeds at the bottom. I did 1/2 cup of water and not 2 cups by mistake. I put at 8 hours in the slow cooker and came out great! I think 2 cups would have been too much. Only used on bottle of BBQ sauce. That was plenty.
Great recipe easy to follow can’t wait to make up for larger parties. Instead of chipotle powder are use chipotle pepper
super easy and mango adds sweet deliciousness
Love this dish! Had it for lunch at work, people tried to steal it! For fun, the second time I made it, I added a bit of crushed pineapple and its juice to the puréed mango. It added just a bit sweetness and tartness and made it even yummier!