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Porchetta-Spiced Pulled Pork – Instant Pot or Slow Cooker

June 18, 2018 by Samantha 4 Comments

This Porchetta-Spiced Pulled Pork is wonderfully flavoured with herbs and spices and is so tender as an Instant Pot recipe or Slow Cooker cooking method.

One of our favourite pulled pork recipes is this Porchetta-Spiced version. What is porchetta-spiced? Porchetta is usually a very slow cooked pork with the skin on that is flavoured primarily with fennel seed, garlic, and other herbs.

Here I’ve made the recipe easier and more accessible by using  a skinless pork shoulder cut and the Instant Pot or the slow cooker for complete hands off cooking that results in mouthwatering tender meat.

Porchetta-Spiced Pork in a white bowl.

Once I’ve got the pulled pork all cooked up, we use this easy protein for a number of different dishes throughout the week. Our favourites are added into tomato sauce to top pasta or gnocchi, in a sandwich with sundried tomato mayo (chop sundried tomatoes and mix with mayo and some minced garlic), or in a simple potato hash where the herb and garlic flavours of the pulled pork enhances the flavours of the potatoes.

All the flavours used to season the meat transfer to each and every dish, making this kind of meal prep dish a dream to reuse for a few days.

Having a larger piece of meat, like pork shoulder, it’s easy to stretch the protein and recreate what to do with it for more than one meal. One way that I often use BBQ pulled pork is in a quick and easy quesadilla. This porchetta-spiced pulled pork instant pot recipe could definitely make a grilled sandwich over the top yum.

Porchetta-Spiced Pork on a bun with sliced red peppers.

You don’t need a ton of accessories for this Instant Pot recipe. All that is need is the steam rack insert that comes with the Instant Pot. I used the rack so that the pork shoulder is easy to remove from the Instant Pot.

The slow cooker has zero accessories and none are used in this recipe. It’s a simple dump and go recipe that will have the entire house smelling amazing by the time dinner arrives.

Porchetta-Spiced Pork in an Instant Pot.

We’ve had this recipe many times, but primarily during weeks where we have so much going on that I can’t make a new protein every night. This pulled pork is reinvented and reused daily for a wholesome and delicious meal my entire family loves.

Porchetta-Spiced Pork in a white bowl.

Porchetta-Spiced Pork on a baking sheet.
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Porchetta-Spiced Pulled Pork
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 10 mins
 

This Porchetta-Spiced Pulled Pork is wonderfully flavoured with herbs and spices and is so tender from an Instant Pot recipe or Slow Cooker cooking method.

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: instant pot, instant pot pork recipe, pulled pork, slow cooker
Author: Samantha
Ingredients
  • 3-4 lbs trimmed pork shoulder (aka pork butt)
  • 4 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
  • 2 tbsp dried fennel seed
  • 1 tbsp dried sage
  • 1 tbsp dried rosemary
  • 1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1 tbsp kosher salt
  • 1 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1 tsp lemon zest
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 cup water or chicken broth
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
US Customary - Metric
Instructions
  1. Grind fennel, sage, rosemary, and crushed red pepper together (either with a mortar or spice grinder). Add garlic, salt, pepper, lemon zest, and olive oil. Mix with a spoon.

  2. Make 8-10 small 1" slits all over the pork shoulder. Rub herb mixture all over pork shoulder and into the small slits. 

  3. Place broth at the bottom of the Instant Pot or Slow cooker.  Add steaming rack to Instant Pot and place pork on top or place directly into slow cooker. 

  4. IP: Cook pork at high pressure for 60 minutes with the steam valve closed, then use the quick release to release the steam. 
    Slow cooker: cook pork on high for 3-4 hours or on low for 6- 8 hours. 

  5. Remove pork from cooking vessel and shred with two forks. Toss with 1/2 cup of cooking juice and lemon juice. 

  6. Serve on buns, in a tomato sauced pasta, in a lasagna, or made crispy in a potato hash.

Enjoy! xo

Porchetta-Spiced Pulled Pork in a sandwich and on a baking tray.

Filed Under: Instant Pot, Slow Cooker Tagged With: crock pot, instant pot, pulled pork, slow cooker

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Mom of twins, a singleton, and wife to a hungry husband. The food demands that surround me, have pushed me to lead our food life more simply, nutritiously, and deliciously. It's a good day when family, friends, and food intersect.

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  1. AvatarCyr says

    September 15, 2018 at 5:08 pm

    This recipe is absolutely insanely good. I saved all the liquid and dipped my sandwich in it. Possibly the best sandwich I have ever made. Bravo to you!
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    • AvatarSamantha says

      September 15, 2018 at 6:40 pm

      I say bravo to you! That dipping action sounds obscenely good ... and one I never thought of! So glad you enjoyed this Instant Pot recipe.
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