Spicy Dr. Pepper Pork

Many of you have probably seen this recipe on the Pioneer Woman's website and, may I say, she MIGHT be on to something here.  Okay, not might.  She is DEFINITELY on to something here!  This is another recipe I tried out with our friends in Omaha and we all agreed it was delicious!  The great thing about this recipe is you can throw it in the crock pot in the morning and forget the whole thing!  I had a four pound pork butt and it made a ton of meat!  We had sandwiches all weekend from this thing.  We put bbq sauce on it and served it on buns but you could also serve this in tortillas for tacos.  You would probably have enough to make sandwiches and then make tacos with the leftovers.  My friend, Cori, had made this before and her advice was to use the entire can of chipotle peppers in adobo but after it's cooked take it out of the spicy sauce to shred it otherwise it may get too spicy for the kids in the group.  We did that and it was great with just a hint of spice.  Serve the sauce (skim the fat off first) and chipotles on the side.  My friend Keith put them right on his sandwich!  However you serve it make sure you have your eatin' pants on because you're about to be blown away!

Spicy Dr. Pepper Pork (adapted from thepioneerwoman.com)

1 large yellow onion, roughly chopped
1 (4 lb.) pork butt, bone in
2 t. salt
1 t. pepper
1 (11 oz.) can chipotle peppers in adobo
2 cans (24 oz.) Dr. Pepper soda
2 T. brown sugar

Place the onion on the bottom of a 6 qt. slow cooker.  Season the pork butt all over with the salt and pepper and place it on top of the onion.  Dump in the chipotle pepper, Dr. Pepper and brown sugar.  Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or on high for 6-8 hours.  Remove the pork from the crock pot, shred and serve with the sauce (skim the fat first) and chipotles alongside for those that like a little spice in their life! 

16 servings (269 calories each serving) according to my calculator on loseit.com