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Porchetta-Spiced Pork on a baking sheet.

Porchetta-Spiced Pulled Pork

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
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
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
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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.