If you love having easy meals ready to go, pulled pork is one you need in your freezer. It’s one of those recipes you can throw together, leave to do its thing, and come back to something that tastes like you’ve put in way more effort than you actually have.

It’s perfect for batch cooking and freezing, so you’ve always got something ready to go—whether that’s stuffing it into wraps, loading up a jacket potato, or throwing together an easy dinner with whatever you’ve got in.

This is my go-to pulled pork recipe for pizza nights, busy weeks, feeding a crowd, or prepping ahead for trips like Centre Parcs—it’s simple, reliable, and always comes out so good.

Ingredients:

• 2 tsp ground cumin
• 2 tsp smoked paprika
• 2 tsp brown sugar
• 2 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp salt
• Boneless shoulder of pork (approx. 2kg)
• 2 litres apple cider
• BBQ sauce

Method:

1.     Mix together the spices, sugar & seasoning into a bowl. Set aside whilst you prepare the pork joint and place it into a slow cooker dish. Rub the seasoning all over the pork joint.

2.     Wash hands and then pour in the cider into the slow cooker dish. Put the lid on and cook on low for around 6 hours. 

3.     Once it has cooked, lift the joint out of the slow cooker dish and into a glass dish. Cut the skin off and shred the meat using 2 forks. Then add in a good amount of bbq sauce and mix well. 

4.     Leave to cool and refrigerate within 90 minutes. Can be frozen for 3-6 months. 

5.     To reheat, defrost and pop it into a pan with a splash of water and a dash of extra bbq sauce. Reheat over a medium heat until piping hot all the way through. 

This pulled pork is a favourite prep-ahead meal for us when going to  Center Parcs! Watch how we saved ourselves a small fortune & made life easy for ourselves….