Pork slowly cooked in a tangy sauce until it pulls apart is delicious. Stir meat shreds into the sauce and serve on onion buns.
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 6 to 7 hours
Serves 8
2 cups (500 mL) thinly sliced Ontario Onions
3 lb (1.5 kg) Ontario Pork Loin Roast
2 cups (500 mL) chopped peeled Ontario Apples
8 large onion buns
Sauce:
1 bottle (455 mL) chili sauce
1/3 cup (75 mL) each grainy mustard and Ontario Honey
2 tbsp (25 mL) chili powder
2 tbsp (25 mL) each tomato paste and Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp (15 mL) packed brown sugar
1 tsp (5 mL) smoked paprika (or 2 tsp/10 mL regular paprika)
2 cloves Ontario Garlic, minced
Place onions on bottom of slow-cooker. Place pork on top. Sprinkle apples over top and down sides.
Sauce: In large bowl, mix together chili sauce, mustard, honey, chili powder, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, sugar, paprika, and garlic; pour over meat and apples. Cover and cook on LOW setting for 6 to 7 hours or until meat is fall-apart tender.
Remove roast to large plate. Using 2 forks in opposite directions, shred meat along its length. Stir meat back into sauce and serve on buns.
Nutritional Information:
1 Serving
PROTEIN: 46 grams
FAT: 12 grams
CARBOHYDRATE: 64 grams
CALORIES: 552
FIBRE: 6 grams
