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Sweet and Smoky Slow-Cooked Pulled Pork Loin

Simple ingredients, including diet soda and prepared barbecue sauce, combine with lean pork tenderloin in a slow cooker to make a big batch of tender, barbecued pulled pork.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 4 minutes
Total Time 4 minutes
Servings: 24 servings
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Southern
Calories: 148
Ingredients Method Nutrition

Ingredients
  

Ingredients
  • 3 1 1/2 pound pork tenderloins
  • 4 cups chopped onions
  • 1 18 ounce bottle hickory smoke-flavored barbecue sauce
  • 1 14.5 ounce can crushed tomatoes
  • 0.5 12 fluid ounce can or bottle diet pepper-type soda (such as Diet Dr Pepper®
  • 0.25 cup reduced-sodium Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tablespoons minced garlic
  • 2 tablespoons liquid smoke flavoring
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 0.5 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 0.5 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Method
 

  1. Cut each pork tenderloin into 4 pieces and place into a slow cooker; set to High.
  2. Stir onions, barbecue sauce, crushed tomatoes, diet soda, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, liquid smoke flavoring, paprika, red pepper flakes, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a bowl; pour mixture over pork tenderloin pieces. Cover and cook until tenderloin pieces begin to shred at the edges, 3 to 4 hours.
  3. Shred meat using 2 forks; reduce slow cooker setting to Low and cook 1 more hour.

Nutrition

Calories: 148kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 16gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 48mgSodium: 322mgFiber: 1gSugar: 6g

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