Recipe: Pulled Pork

So Southern cuisine is so popular right now and I think it's because the ingredients are easy on the pocket book and also easy to work with.  Check out this super easy and delicious pulled pork and the best part is you can make heaps and freeze it and it is so yummy!!

Plus, kids love it, too!

Here's what you need:

- 1 4lb pork roast (butt or shoulder are the best cuts to use)
- 2 large to medium sized onions
- 1 cup of ginger ale
- 1 bottle of BBQ sauce (try Sweet baby Ray's, it's our favourite)

* you'll also need a slow cooker and hamburger buns and if you really like it messy more BBQ sauce!

Here's what to do:

1-  Slice up the two onions.  Put half of the onions in the bottom of the slow cooker

2 - Add the roast (it should be thawed)

3 - Add the rest of the onions on top of the roast

4 - Add the ginger ale

5 - Set at LOW heat for about 10 hours (yes, 10 hours - this is going to melt off all of the fat and start tenderizing the meat)

6 - After 10 hours, remove the meat and strain the liquid.  Keep the onions but dump out the liquid

7 - With two forks you should be able to tear the roast apart - tear all the meat apart and chop up those onions.  Put the onions and the meat back in the slow cooker, add the whole bottle of BBQ sauce and stir.

8 - Set the slow cooker at LOW and let the meat cook for another 6 hours

9 - Get ready to serve on hamburger buns.  My husband likes to add dill pickles to his sandwiches.

10 - Any leftovers will freeze really well.

I like to serve a green or kale salad on the side. But if you really want to dive into Southern flavours - try mac and cheese, collard greens, coleslaw or baked beans.