Reasons You’ll Love This Recipe
It’s EASY ! Simply season the pork and cook it in the Instant Pot with Homemade BBQ Sauce (or whatever your favorite store-bought brand is).
It’s freezer-friendly . Pulled pork is a great recipe to double and freeze before cooking. You can also fully cook it and freeze it in small portions.
It feeds a lot of people . When served on buns, this recipe can easily feed 10+ people. Here are 25+ Slow Cooker Recipes for a Crowd if you want more idea
It’s a Dump & Go Recipe . We know people love those!
It can also be made in different ways. Try our Crock Pot Pulled Pork or our Smoked Pulled Pork Recipes.
Ingredients Needed
It’s hard to mess up Instant Pot Pulled Pork. In fact, pork shoulder is one of my favorite cuts of meat to cook in the Instant Pot! Coming from someone who has tested hundreds (yes, hundreds) of Instant Pot recipes , that means a lot.
The ingredients are SO simple! Here’s what you’ll need:
Onion powder
Garlic powder
Salt & pepper
1, 3-4 lb. pork shoulder (also known as Boston butt), cut into four equal pieces
1.5 cups BBQ sauce ( Here is our homemade BBQ Sauce recipe .)
How Long Do I Cook Pulled Pork in the Instant Pot?
If making a pork shoulder in the Instant Pot, cut it into 4 equal pieces and then cook it at high pressure for 45 minutes with a 10 minute natural release.
If you want to know how long to cook other cuts of meat, I’d strongly encourage you to download and print off our Instant Pot Cooking Times Chart. Tape it up in your pantry for future reference. You can thank us later.
