Cider-Braised Pork
Aaron Hutcherson
Created Sep 7, 2016
For a tasty fall or winter dinner, braise pork the easy way -- in your slow cooker. Apple cider is the perfect complement to pork shoulder.
Cider-Braised Pork
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 5 hr 30 min
- Ingredients 6
- Servings 8
Ingredients
- Vegetable oil
- 4 lb pork butt or shoulder, cut into 2-inch chunks
- Salt and pepper
- 1 1/2 cups apple cider
- 1 large white onion, sliced
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
Instructions
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Step1Place 10-inch skillet over high heat; add enough vegetable oil to coat bottom of skillet.
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Step2Season 4 lb pork butt or shoulder, cut into 2-inch chunks, with salt and pepper all over. In batches, sear pork in oil until browned, about 1 minute on each side. After searing all of the pork, deglaze skillet with 1 1/2 cups apple cider, scraping up any brown bits from bottom of skillet.
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Step3Add 1 large white onion, sliced, to slow cooker; top with seared pork, and pour in apple cider. Cover and cook over High heat setting about 5 hours or until pork can be shredded with fork. Shred pork; add 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar, and season with more salt and pepper as needed.
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Nutrition
480
Calories
30g
Total Fat
46g
Protein
7g
Total Carbohydrate
5g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 480
- Calories from Fat
- 270
- Total Fat
- 30g
- 46%
- Saturated Fat
- 10g
- 49%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 140mg
- 47%
- Sodium
- 85mg
- 4%
- Potassium
- 680mg
- 19%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 7g
- 2%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 5g
- Protein
- 46g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 2%
- 2%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 6 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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