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Slow-cooker pork shoulder with brown sugar & balsamic glaze

Slow-cooker pork shoulder with brown sugar & balsamic glaze

Pork second courses

I've taken the uber-popular <a href="https://food52.com/recipes/22841-crock-pot-brown-sugar-balsamic-glazed-pork-tenderloin">Crock-Pot Brown Sugar & Balsamic–Glazed Pork Tenderloin recipe</a> and repurposed it with boneless pork shoulder. Fatty shoulder, more than lean tenderloin, gets effortlessly tender when slow-cooked like this. In addition to making the recipe totally hands-off, the slow cooker is an insurance policy against the meat drying out. I upped the ante on the glaze, too, adding a little mustard powder to balance out all that sweet and salty.