Slow-Cooker Apple Cider Pork

Name: Slow-Cooker Apple Cider Pork
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
Ingredients: 1 (5-pound), boneless pork butt roast, trimmed; 3 tablespoons, kosher salt; 3 tablespoons, packed brown sugar; 1 teaspoon, pepper; 1 cup, apple cider; 1 cup, apple butter, divided; 3 tablespoons, all-purpose flour; 1 , onion, halved through root end; 4 , garlic cloves, smashed and peeled; 3 sprigs, fresh thyme; 1 tablespoon, cider vinegar; 1/4 cup, minced fresh chives

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2021

Main Courses

Pork

Slow Cooker

It takes more than just cider to get rich apple flavor into the pork.

SERVES8 to 10

TIME6 to 7 hours on high or 8 to 9 hours on low

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To adapt this recipe for a slow cooker, we chose fatty pork butt as our cut. We had to make sure that the sauce, which often turns out watery and bland in the slow cooker, tasted concentrated and flavorful. Our solution for a rich and compl...

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