Servings: 10

Ingredients:

  • Red onions (2)
  • Garlic (4 cloves)
  • Low-sodium chicken broth (1 cup)
  • Dark brown sugar (1 tbsp packed)
  • Chili powder (1 tbsp)
  • Kosher salt (1 tbsp)
  • Ground cumin (1/2 tsp)
  • Cinnamon (1/4 tsp)
  • Pork shoulder, boneless or bone-in (5 lbs)
  • Barbecue sauce (2 cups)

Directions:

  1. Thinly slice onions and garlic.
  2. Place onions and garlic in an even layer in slow cooker and pour in broth.
  3. In a small bowl, combine sugar, chili powder, salt, cumin, and cinnamon.
  4. Pat pork dry with paper towels, then rub sugar mixture all over it.
  5. Place pork in slow cooker, and cook for 6 hours on high or 10 hours on low.
  6. Move pork to a cutting board.
  7. Strain contents of slow cooker and return solids to slow cooker. Discard liquid.
  8. If pork has a bone, remove and discard it.
  9. Using two forks, shred pork, removing any large pieces of fat.
  10. Return pork to slow cooker and stir in barbecue sauce.