Friends, I’m pretty sure you’re going to need to try this next recipe in our Guinness Week lineup — Guinness Pulled Pork!
I made a big batch of this yesterday to share with my good friends and neighbors, David and Suzannah, who just brought the sweetest little baby girl named Ava into the world. I asked if they wanted tacos or sliders, and they requested the latter. So I brought over this pulled pork and some salad for dinner, and we spent a wonderful evening catching up on all things life and parenthood and faith and more — made all the better by the fact that I got to spend nearly the entire time holding their tiny 12-day-old sleeping daughter in my arms.
Goodness. It really doesn’t get much better than that. :)
It was such a joy to finally meet this sweet girl. But perhaps even more, I loved getting to see my good friends for the first time as parents. I think it will always be a wild and surreal and beautiful miracle to see friends I have known for years move into this new stage of life. But with each new baby born, it amazes me how much it just fits. I already have known for years that my friends are incredible people. So it’s only natural that they would become incredible parents! It’s just so cool to see this new side of their identity unfolding and growing, and it makes me all the more grateful to be a part of their community and lives.
For what it’s worth, David and Suzannah had seconds and even thirds of these little pulled pork sliders. So I think they come pretty highly recommended (yay)! Whether you’re staying in and making sliders, tacos or even a salad, or if you’re taking a meal to some friends, this simple slow cooker pulled pork is a great meal for the sharing.
Guinness Pulled Pork
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 600 minutes
- Total Time: 605 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
Description
Let your slow cooker and a bottle of Guinness do the work to create the tastiest fall-apart-on-your-fork pulled pork ever. :)
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp. smoked paprika
- 2 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. crushed red pepper
- 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp. freshly-cracked black pepper
- 4 lb. boneless pork butt or shoulder or loin
- 1 large white onion, thinly sliced
- 1 (11.2) bottle Guinness extra-stout beer
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together paprika, salt, crushed red pepper, garlic powder, and black pepper until combined. Rub the mixture all over the surface of the pork until covered.
- Spread out the sliced onions over the bottom of the slow cooker. Then place the pork on top. And then pour the beer on top.
- Cover and cook on low for 10-12 hours, or until the pork literally falls apart on your pork. Serve on sliders, tacos, salads, or however you would like!
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to four days, or freeze.
LOVE this recipe. When I’m chopping the onions, my wife will hand me a red onion to slice thinly as well. She’ll throw those into some vinegar for a quick pickle. Throw them on top of the Pulled Pork and Hawaiian Buns, and I eat this for about 3 straight days. SO Good!
Sounds delicious!!!
I think this is the recipe I will try for our annual at the lake cook off. I do have a ‘likely stupid’ question. How do you use the avocado, lime, lemon, cabbage and tomatoes…salad, condiments?
Hi Sam! It’s totally up to you — if eating these as sliders, you can put any of those condiments on the sandwich. Or you can add this pork to tacos or salads, etc. We hope you enjoy! :)
This was really great; Thanks for the recipe! I’ve had bad experiences cooking with Guinness in the past, leaving a bitter aftertaste but I’m glad I gave this recipe a try anyway since that wasn’t the case here at all! Delicious flavour and juicy, juicy, juicy. Thanks again!
Thank you Heather, we’re happy you enjoyed it! :D
Just put this in the crock using Founders Breakfast Stout in place of the Guinness and two honrycrisp apples added in. 10pm can’t come soon enough.
Yay, we hope you love it Chris!
just curious… how does the guinness work for the pulled pork? just for taste??
Yes, it’s all about the taste – it delivers some seriously awesome flavor! We hope you enjoy! :)
Made this tonight. Just love the flavor that the Guinness and onions contribute to the seasoned meat. Sweet but not overly and also not too heavy the way a beer braised beef stew could be. Just perfect!
Thanks Heather, we’re so glad you loved this! Isn’t Guinness awesome? :)
Made this earlier this week for St. Patrick’s Day. Not only is this delicious, it has many serving options. Most definitely a keeper recipe. Recipe was well written and easy to follow.
Was wondering if chicken breasts would work well too. Thinking of chix sliders.
Awesome recipe. I used 2 bottles of Gunniess and let it marinate for 4 hours before cooking it.
Saw this on G+ and had to come over for a look. Sounds really good Ali. Pinning this one to my sliders board.
I made this for a football tailgate this weekend. I made 4 batches of it and it was all gone. Everyone loved it and I even had a friend from Memphis tell me it was amazing and he has had some good pulled pork.