Slow Cooker Pulled Pork With 5-Spice
For a change of pace, make this easy slow cooker pulled pork with Chinese five-spice, honey, ginger, and soy sauce. Use for tacos, sliders, or bao filling.
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- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 4 hr
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 3 to 3 1/2 pounds pork shoulder, cut into very large chunks (3 to 4 inches)
- 2 1/2 teaspoons of Chinese 5-spice powder*
- 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
- 3 Tbsp soy sauce
- 3 Tbsp honey
- 2 Tbsp dry sherry or Shaoxing cooking wine
- 2 Tbsp minced fresh ginger
- 2 Tbsp minced garlic
- 12 Hawaiian dinner rolls
- 1 large scallion sliced
Instructions
- 1
Rub the 5 spice powder into the pork chunks, all over, and let sit while you prepare the sauce in the next step.
- 2
Whisk together the hoisin sauce, soy sauce, honey, sherry, ginger, and garlic in a medium bowl.
- 3
Place the seasoned pork shoulder pieces in a slow cooker, cover with the sauce.
- 4
Cook until the meat easily pulls apart. About halfway through the cooking, turn the meat over in the pot.
- 5
Use a ladle or a large metal spoon to remove excess fat that has risen to the surface while the meat has been cooking. Don't discard it yet, you may want to add some of it back.
- 6
Use two forks to pull apart the pork into shreds. If the pork still seems dry, add back some of the fat.
- 7
Top with sliced green onion or cilantro. Did you love the recipe? Give us some stars and leave a comment below!