Sunny’s Easy 4-Ingredient Pulled Pork

Recipe courtesy of Sunny Anderson. Using store-bought salsa and a surprising ingredient, Sunny Anderson adds richness and flavor to her slow-cooked pork. This is an Easy and Delicious crock pot recipe – one of our favorites!

Course Main

Cuisine American, peanut butter, Pork, Sandwich

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 8 15

Total Time 8 15

Servings servings

Author tanyabee

Ingredients

One 4- to 5-pound boneless pork shoulder Boston butt, fat cap removed
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons ground cumin
Two 15.5-ounce jars salsa mild, medium, or hot. I like to use 2 ChiChi’s Medium Thick & Chunky Salsa)
1/2 cup peanut butter
Garlic Mashed Potatoes for serving, recipe follows

Garlic Mashed Potatoes :

1/2 stick 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 cloves garlic minced
One 24-ounce package prepared Yukon gold garlic mashed potatoes preferably Good & Gather
2 scallions thinly sliced

Instructions

Sprinkle the pork butt generously with salt, black pepper and about a tablespoon ground cumin.
Place in a slow cooker.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the salsa, peanut butter and remaining tablespoon cumin.
Pour into the slow cooker over the pork butt.
Cook on low for 8 hours, or until fork tender.
Remove the pork butt from the slow cooker and shred with 2 forks.
Serve in bowls over the Mashed Potatoes, topped with a ladle of the cooking liquid from the slow cooker.

Garlic Mashed Potatoes :

Yield: 4 servings
Add the butter to a medium pot and place over medium-low heat.
Once melted, add the garlic and cook until the garlic flavor is infused into the butter, 2 to 3 minutes.
Add the mashed potatoes and mix to combine.
Cook until the mashed potatoes are heated through, about 5 minutes.
Top with the scallions and serve.