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A delicious apple pulled pork recipe seasoned with fresh apples, cinnamon, paprika and rubbed sage. It cooks in the slow cooker for several hours, letting all the flavors melt into the meat.

Apple pulled pork in a bowl with cooked apples on top.

I love the smell and taste of meat that has been cooked for hours and hours. It results in the most flavorful and satisfying recipe. Which is apple pulled pork so much. It is made with diced apples, apple juice, and apple cider vinegar to give it to a wonderful apple flavor.

This recipe is made with a handful of healthy ingredients and is thus naturally Paleo, Gluten-free, Dairy-free, and Grain-free.

If you love slow cooker recipes, try my Slow Cooker Paleo Irish Beef Stew, Healthy Slow Cooker Hungarian Goulash Beef Stew, or Creamy Beef Stew with Kale and Tomato.

I am happy to be collaborating with U.S Wellness Meats on this recipe. They gave me this pork shoulder roast and I came up with the yummy recipe! If you’ve been following my blog, you’ll know I’ve worked with them before and I’ve made some really delicious recipes using their high quality products:

Some fun facts about U.S. Wellness Meat’s heritage pork is that it comes from animals that are sustainably raised, where they can forage for food. Their diets consist of no antibiotics, no GMOs, and no hormones.

Recipe ingredients

Ingredients needed to make slow cooker apple pulled pork.
  • pork shoulder roast– any good quality shoulder roast works for this recipe.
  • diced apples– you can use any kind of apple you like.
  • mustard– make sure your mustard doesn’t have added sugar.
  • honey– I like using raw honey here.
  • apple juice– make sure to use pure apple juice.
  • apple cider vinegar– this helps make the pork tender.
  • chicken stock– this helps to cook the pork.
  • onion powder and garlic powder– these season the meat.
  • cinnamon, paprika, rubbed sage– these season the pork while it cooks.

See recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.

Additions/ Substitutions

  • Instead of chicken stock, you can use beef stock.
  • Instead of honey, you can use maple syrup.

Step by step instructions

Step 1: Put the diced apples, mustard, honey, apple juice, apple cider vinegar, and broth into the slow cooker.

Spices needed for apple juice pulled pork.
Step 2

Step 2: Mix all of the spices together,

All ingredients in slow cooker before apple pulled pork cooks.
Step 3

Step 3: Cover the pork shoulder roast in the spices and put the pork on top of the diced apples in the slow cooker.

Let everything cook in the slow cooker until the pork shreds easily.

Recipe FAQs

How do you store this pork?

Put the extra pulled pork into an airtight container and refrigerate for 3-4 days.

What can you serve with it?

I love serving this pulled pork with mashed potatoes and coleslaw.

What cut of meat is best for pulled pork?

Pork shoulder! But I have experimented with other cuts and they work as well.

Apple cider vinegar pulled pork in a bowl.

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Slow Cooker Apple Pulled Pork

Servings: 8 servings
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 8 hours
Total: 8 hours 15 minutes
Apple pulled pork in a bowl with cooked apples on top.
A delicious pulled pork recipe seasoned with fresh diced apples, cinnamon, paprika and rubbed sage. It cooks in the slow cooker for several hours, really letting all the flavors melt into the meat.

Equipment

  • slow cooker

Ingredients 

Instructions 

  • Put the diced apples into the slow cooker. Top the diced apples with the mustard, honey, apple juice, apple cider vinegar and beef or chicken stock. Mix everything together.
  • Then, combine all of the spices together ( onion powder, garlic powder, cinnamon, paprika, rubbed sage, salt, black pepper). Rub the spice mixture on top of the pork.
  • Put the pork on top of the apples in the slow cooker.
  • Cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 6 hours.
  • Remove the pork from the slow cooker, strain the apples, and keep the liquid.
  • Then, shred the pork in a large bowl, add the apples on top, and add a little bit of the liquid (enough to make the pulled pork moist). You can throw the rest of the liquid away. Mix the pulled pork, and apples together.

Notes

Note: if your pork is not shredding, it may need to cook longer.  This happened to me and I cooked it in the slow cooker for an extra hour and then it shred perfectly.
  • Instead of chicken stock, you can use beef stock.
  • Instead of honey, you can use maple syrup.

Nutrition

Calories: 215kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 24gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 81mgSodium: 436mgPotassium: 504mgFiber: 1gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 443IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 30mgIron: 2mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
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2 Comments

  1. This looks delicious! I’d love to try it this weekend! Just curious – what do you normally serve it with?