A firm favourite for group get togethers. Using the rice cookers sealed style of cooking with controlled temperature and moisture containment when the SLOW COOK feature is used it really brings out the best in the pork meat. What you get is fall-off-the-bone tender meat that is packed with flavour. It makes an outstanding pulled pork sandwich but we like to serve ours with rice to not complicate the flavour profile of the meat that has a great kick.
Mix the rub ingredients thoroughly in a bowl first.
Massage the rub ingredients into at least 2 kg of pork shoulder and leave it for at least 3 hours.
Then put the meat into your rice cooker bowl.
Close the lid and select the SLOW COOK function on your rice cooker. Set the time for at least 2 hours and press START. Really you can cook for as long as you want, the longer the better.
Once cooked remove the meat from the rice cooker bowl. Shred the meat with two forks and add the barbeque sauce. Voila, you have perfect pulled pork!
Serve with freshly cooked white long grain rice and for some added flair you can optionally add some cooked kidney beans with a sprinkle of spring onions. This creates an extra dimension of flavour and an excellent source of plant based protein.
Ingredients
Directions
Mix the rub ingredients thoroughly in a bowl first.
Massage the rub ingredients into at least 2 kg of pork shoulder and leave it for at least 3 hours.
Then put the meat into your rice cooker bowl.
Close the lid and select the SLOW COOK function on your rice cooker. Set the time for at least 2 hours and press START. Really you can cook for as long as you want, the longer the better.
Once cooked remove the meat from the rice cooker bowl. Shred the meat with two forks and add the barbeque sauce. Voila, you have perfect pulled pork!
Serve with freshly cooked white long grain rice and for some added flair you can optionally add some cooked kidney beans with a sprinkle of spring onions. This creates an extra dimension of flavour and an excellent source of plant based protein.
Notes
Apply the rub mix generously and thick making sure to get into all the cracks and flaps of the meat. You can serve the meat as sliders and add some home made coleslaw to freshen things up. We also like it on jacket potatoes!
Watch our recipe video to see how it’s made!
do I need to put any liquid in the cooker along with the meat, or do I just put the meat in on its own?
Hi Robin, you don’t need to add any liquid in with the meat, you can just put the meat into the inner bowl by itself.
The first time I didn’t have any chili powder so I made it randomly and it was very good.
I made this recipe again but this time with all the spices and the given doses. The result is way too much spices.
I don’t understand why I would add cumin, paprika, oregano and chili pepper when the chili powder already contains all of that…
In short, either you have to like extra spicy or you have to reconsider the ingredients.
Hi, most chilli powder only contains chilli – by chilli powder we mean Asian chilli powder which has no other ingredients added to the ground chilli.
My tefal 10 in 1 rice cooker doesn’t have a slow cook setting. Bake, stew steam etc but not slow. Can I cook it on bake or stew?
Hi, we don’t know that rice cooker or it’s functions, sorry. You will need to check in your manual whether the stew function would be suitable because some slow cook functions only work with liquid dishes. Bake function is usually for cakes.