Sweet Pulled Pork

This recipe is one of Karen's. She made it for us in Waterton last summer and it is now a favorite!

In a Crock pot place:

1 pork roast

2 cups salsa

2 cups brown sugar

Cook for 8-10 hours low or 6-8 hours on high. (If you have the time do it on low, it makes the meat so tender)

After cooking, remove roast and shred it and place back in crock pot with all the liquid. I usually leave my crock pot on low or warm setting and let the meat sit in the liquid for 1/2 hour or more to absorb all the flavors.

Cook Rice of your choice.

Green Sauce

1 1/3 cups sour cream

3/4 cups mayo

1 small bunch of cilantro (If you don't care for the taste of cilantro, parsley works well also)

1 pkg. of dry Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing

1-2 cloves of garlic crushed

1-2 dashes of tobasco sauce

4 tbsp. of Salsa Verde

1- 2 limes juiced

Combine the following ingredients and place in blender. You can save the left over sauce and keep in the refrigerator.

Place rice on soft tortilla shell and add shredded pork with green sauce and toppings of your choice and roll it up.

Toppings can be…. shredded cheese, tomatoes, lettuce ,black beans guacamole etc.

Another serving suggestion is place a tortilla shell on the bottom of a deep plate with sides and add shredded lettuce and pork with all the of toppings and make a pulled pork salad.. This is also good if you add guacamole and squeeze a lime over the salad with green sauce.

Babyback Ribs

This recipe came from the Our Best Bites Blog. Mom, Nicki, Mandy and myself have all made them and they are soooo good. I had never tried to make ribs before, they always seemed like so much work. The best thing about these is how EASY they are. I seriously think they would be impossible to mess up. They are fall off the bone tender!

Here is what you will need:

1-2 racks babyback ribs (You can use side ribs as well, I have made both and they both turned out great! Side Ribs are generally a lot cheaper. I recommend buying the ribs at Costco, I'm pretty sure it is the best deal.
Your favorite BBQ Sauce (I use Tony Roma's Hickory flavor and I found it went really well with the ribs)

Marinade
3 c. pineapple juice
1 ½ c. brown sugar
1 ½ tsp. mustard powder
1/3 c. ketchup
1/3 c. red wine vinegar
1 ½ Tbsp. lemon juice
2 Tbsp. soy sauce
½ tsp. ground cloves
2 tsp. ground ginger
4 cloves garlic, minced
½ tsp. cayenne pepper

Cut each rack into 3-4 rib portions and put in crock pot.


Mix marinade in separate bowl and then pour over ribs. (You can do this the night before)


Cook on LOW for 6 hours. You can poke them around occasionally to get them all covered by the liquid.

Remove the ribs from the liquid and heat your grill to medium.
Carefully place the ribs on the grill and baste one side with BBQ sauce and close lid for about 3 minutes, turn over and do the same for the other side. You are done!

BBQ Beef on a Bun

Well after 3 years of owning a slow cooker, I used it today for the second time. I had been searching the net for a good BBQ Beef recipe, and finally found a couple that I thought sounded good. I took a few ingredients from each and it turned out pretty good!

3-4 pound roast
1 Large chopped onion
1/4 cup Red Wine Vinegar
1/4 cup Ketchup
1/4 cup water
1 tsp beef bouillon
1 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 bottle Bulls Eye BBQ Sauce

Place Roast and chopped onion in slow cooker. Sprinkle garlic powder over Roast and season with salt and pepper. Mix remainder of ingredients and pour over beef. Cook on low for 8-10 hours or on high for 6-8. I put mine in a little late in the morning and had to cook on high. I cooked on high for about 5 hours and then shredded the beef. I then turned it to low and cooked for another 1 1/2 hours. All in all I think it was a success...everyone seemed to enjoy it!