Description
Tender, sweet, slow cooked pork makes a perfect pairing with sweet and tangy caramelized apples and onion. A perfect fall sandwich.
Ingredients
- 3 (12 fluid ounce) bottles hard apple cider
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 (2 pound) pork tenderloin
- ½ cup butter
- 1 large onion, cut into strips
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 2 large Granny Smith apples – peeled, cored, and sliced
- 6 hard rolls, split
Instructions
- Combine hard apple cider and 1/4 cup brown sugar in a slow cooker; mix until dissolved. Add pork tenderloin.
- Cook on Low for 6 hours until very tender. Shred pork with a fork.
- About 20 minutes before pork is finished
- melt butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Cook and stir onion in butter until well browned
- about 10 minutes.
- Combine remaining 1/2 cup brown sugar
- cinnamon
- and onion powder in a small bowl; season with salt and pepper. Stir apples and brown sugar mixture into onion in the skillet. Cover and cook until apples are tender and sauce has thickened
- about 10 minutes.
- Spoon shredded pork and apple-onion sauce over rolls to serve.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 6 hrs 20 mins
Total Time: 6 hrs 30 mins
Servings: 6