We’re eating pineapple marinated pulled pork tossed with a pineapple hoisin bbq sauce on fresh ciabatta bread w/ creamy, tangy Asian-style coleslaw.
Having been raised in Virginia, I’ve eaten my share of pulled pork and know and love it intimately. Especially the tangy North Carolina style that uses a vinegar based barbecue sauce. Every time I go to make pulled pork my heartstrings almost always win out and I make some variation of this style. Fortunately for you guys, I persevered this time! Screw you, nostalgic heartstrings. Who needs flavors of home when you can have flavors of Asia all up in your pulled pork sandwich. 
Hell, I should have just pickled some vegetables, thrown on some cilantro and called this a ghetto banh mi… but I didn’t. I let some of that damn nostalgia come in and topped my sandwich with some good old coleslaw and hot sauce – just like the sandwiches I at so many of as a child.
In addition to the flavor differences, my preparation methods are very different for this version of pulled pork. First off, instead of marinating the pork in a dry rub, I marinated it in a combo of minced uber-sweet fresh pineapple and loads of garlic for about 24 hours. Secondly – instead of my traditional tried and true methods of low and slow smoking or oven-roasting, I turned to my crockpot. I mean, February is, after all, slow cooker month! Why not celebrate it by letting my pork shoulder turn into dinner while I go out and get drinks, er, do work at an art festival. I put the marinated shoulder into the slow-cooker with some water and a tub of Knorr Homestyle Chicken Stock, turned that puppy on then walked away. Did you guys get a chance to celebrate the fact that February was slow-cooker month? It’s not to late – in case you forgot it’s a leap year this year! You have a whole day to hop on it!
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