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CRISPY CRACKLIN’ PORK SHOULDER (SLOW COOKER & OVEN)

CRISPY CRACKLIN’ PORK SHOULDER (SLOW COOKER & OVEN)

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Prep Time 1 minute
Cook Time 18 hours
Total Time 18 hours 1 minute
Course Pork
Servings 20

Ingredients
  

  • 10 lb Pork Picnic Shoulder (You are looking for skin and bone here, it will look like an arm joint)
  • 2 tbs kosher salt

Instructions
 

  • Season the pork liberally with salt.
  • Put in a slow cooker skin side up.
  • Put on low for 18 hours.
  • Scoop out the excess liquid and reserve.
  • Put the pork into a foil pan.
  • Do your best to not break it apart while moving it.
  • Once the pork is in the pan, you are going to peel the skin back and scoop out the unrendered fat.
  • Using a small spoon just scrape from the underside of the skin until a thin layer of skin is left.
  • Season the meat with more kosher salt.
  • Fold the skin back over the pork and discard all the fat.
  • Spoon off the fat off the reserved liquid and pour it into the foil pan.
  • Turn on your broiler on high.
  • Put the pork in on the top shelf and watch it like a hawk.
  • Mine went in literally five seconds longer than I wanted which is why I have a few dark spots.
  • You'll see the skin start puffing up and browning.
  • Take it out when you get to a nice golden brown color, you can even wait until you see the first hint of a dark spot.
  • Serve with your favorite sauce, but I recommend Chimichurri

Notes

A foolproof EASY slow cooker and oven method for a shatteringly crisp Pork picnic shoulder that is pull apart tender on the inside with a thin crisp cracklin' skin layer.
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