I have made pulled pork in the past and it NEVER tasted this flavorful. It fell apart so easily and tasted DELISH! Pulled Pork is perfect for Super Bowl football parties, when you have company or just because you want some comfort food!
When trying to find the perfect pork shoulder, I like to buy between a 4-6 pound whole boston butt so that we have enough for leftovers. Normally our family doesn’t enjoy leftovers but this is so good, everyone will eat it for the next few days. I know you are going to love this Easy Pulled Pork Recipe using Instant Pot!
EASY PULLED PORK RECIPE USING INSTANT POT
I have made pulled pork in the past and it NEVER tasted this flavorful. It fell apart so easily and tasted DELISH! Pulled Pork is perfect for Super Bowl football parties, when you have company or just because you want some comfort food!
15 min
Prep Time
60 min
Cook Time
1 hr, 15
Total Time
5 based on 4 review(s)
Ingredients
1 Pork Shoulder {we used 4.3 pounds}
2 tablespoons olive oil
Dry Rub:
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 teaspoons chili powder
2 teaspoons black pepper
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon powder (most people like to only use 1/2 teaspoon)
1 teaspoon kosher salt
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
Barbeque Sauce:
Sweet Baby Ray's Barbecue Sauce 28 ounce {our favorite!}
1 1/2 cups Water
Instructions
Cut your pork shoulder into large pieces. { I had about 6 parts}
Make your Dry Rub and rub it real good into both sides of the meat.
Set "Saute" on your Instant Pot and ADD 2 tbsp of oil
Add meat to brown all sides (3 minutes a side works very well)
Mix 1 1/2 cup of water with 1/2 bottle of Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce,
Once all pork has been browned, remove the meat from your Instant Pot
Add mixture of water and BBQ sauce to Instant Pot to deglaze bottom of pot. {Use wooden spoon to scrape bottom of Instant Pot}
Add pork back into Instant Pot
Lock lid and set venting to "Sealing" on Instant Pot
Choose the "Manuel" setting and set to 60 minutes
Wait for pressure to build up {you should see the pressure pin pop up after a few minutes}
After 60 minutes of pressure cooking, carefully release pressure to "Venting"
Use forks or tongs to pull apart all pork {should be super tender and fall apart}
You can either serve or place the pulled pork back in the juices for a bit while you get everything else ready! You can use the rest of the BBQ sauce but we found that we really didn't need it!
Notes
This Pulled Pork recipe using the Instant Pot is easy and so good!