Pulled Pork with Root Beer Sauce

By daiseyduck

Root beer gives these slow cooked pork sandwiches rich color and pleasant sweetness.

Ingredients

• 1 2-1/2- to 3-pound
• pork sirloin roast
• 1/2 teaspoon
• salt
• 1/2 teaspoon
• pepper
• 1 tablespoon
• cooking oil
• 2 medium
• onions, cut into thin wedges
• 1 cup
• root beer*
• 6 cloves
• garlic, minced
• 3 cups
• root beer (two 12-ounce cans or bottles)*
• 1 cup
• bottled chili sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon
• root beer concentrate (optional)
• Several dashes
• bottled hot pepper sauce (optional)
• 8 to 10 8 to 10
• hamburger buns, split (and toasted, if desired)
• Lettuce leaves (optional)
• Tomato slices (optional)

Preparation

Step 1

Directions
1.
Trim fat from meat. If necessary, cut roast to fit into a 3-1/2- to 5-quart crockery cooker. Sprinkle meat with the salt and pepper. In a large skillet brown meat on all sides in hot oil. Drain off fat. Transfer meat to cooker. Add onions, the 1 cup root beer, and garlic.
2.
Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 8 to 10 hours or on high-heat setting for 4 to 5 hours.
3.
Meanwhile, for sauce, in a medium saucepan combine the 3 cups of root beer and the chili sauce. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Boil gently, uncovered, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes or until mixture is reduced to 2 cups. Add root beer concentrate and bottled hot pepper sauce, if desired.
4.
Transfer roast to a cutting board or serving platter. Using a slotted spoon, remove onions from cooking juices and place on serving platter. Discard juices. Using 2 forks, pull meat apart into