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Best Recipe for Root Beer Pulled Pork Sandwich

Ingredients

  • 1 pork tenderloin or roast (about 2 pounds), cut in half
  • 1 tablespoon seasoning salt
  • 1 can (12 ounces) root beer
  • 1 bottle (4 ounces) liquid smoke
  • 1 cup Sassy Sauce, recipe follows, or your favorite barbeque sauce
  • 8 hamburger buns
  • Spicy bread and butter pickle chips, for serving
  • 1 cup ketchup
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup Dijon mustard
  • 1/2 cup molasses
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
  • 1 tablespoon liquid smoke
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Instructions

  1. Watch how to make this recipe.
  2. Place the pork tenderloin or roast in the bottom of a slow cooker and sprinkle with the seasoning salt. Pour the root beer and liquid smoke over the top. Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook on low for 8 hours. Once the pork is done, remove from the pan and shred with a fork. Place into a bowl and add in the Sassy Sauce, as well as 1/2 cup of the juice from the slow cooker. Serve on a bun with bread and butter pickles.
  3. Ingredients and Directions
  4. To make the sauce, add the ketchup, brown sugar and mustard and to a medium saucepan. Stir in the remaining ingredients and simmer over medium-low heat for about 15 minutes. Remove and serve with pulled pork sandwiches. Makes 1 1/2 cups.

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