Pulled Pork and Peaches

Pulled Pork and Peaches

Pulled pork and peaches, two Southern favorites, team up in this knockout barbecue sandwich. Your slow cooker does all the heavy lifting for you in this dish--all you have to do is assemble a few ingredients and walk away. Serve this sandwich at picnics or cookouts along with pasta salad and oven fries. This pork sandwich is a real crowd pleaser.

Ingredients

1 3- to 4-lb. boneless pork shoulder roast
3 medium onions, cut into wedges
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
6 cloves garlic, minced
2 12- to 16-oz. pkg. frozen peaches
1 cup ginger ale
1 28-oz. can diced tomatoes with basil, garlic, and oregano, drained
20 hamburger buns, split
Lettuce leaves (optional)
Sliced Peaches (optional)

Method

Trim fat from meat. If necessary, cut meat to fit a 5- to 6-quart slow cooker. Place onions in cooker.

Transfer meat to cooker. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add garlic, peaches, and ginger ale.

Cover. Cook on low-heat setting 8 to 10 hours or on high-heat setting 4 to 5 hours.

Remove meat to cutting board, reserving remaining mixture in cooker. Using two forks, pull meat apart into bite-size pieces. Return meat to cooker.

Add drained tomatoes. Stir to combine. Keep warm on warm setting, if available, or low setting.
Line buns with lettuce leaves.