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    Home » Instant Pot

    Instant Pot Pulled Pork with Creamy Paprika Sauce

    Published: May 9, 2017 · Modified: Jun 11, 2020 by Maria Bravo · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

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    Instant Pot Pulled Pork with Creamy Paprika Sauce by Feisty Tapas - A delicious gluten free and dairy free fork-tender dish

    I've been hankering for pulled pork for weeks, today I managed to finally satisfy that craving! This Instant Pot Pulled Pork with Creamy Paprika Sauce was so tender.

    After removing the pork to shred, I blended some of the juices left in the pot with cashews and more paprika (thank you Quirky Cooking for the inspiration!) and I ended with the creamiest sauce to go (rather well) with my pulled pork.

    I am typing this today as I had a few requests in my Pressure Cooking UK with Feisty Tapas Facebook group but also because, if my hands are not busy, I'll end up eating all the pulled pork myself.

    Make it without the sauce for a great LOW CARB dish or, of course, only have a tiny bit of the sauce which is quite filling.

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    Instant Pot Pulled Pork with Creamy Paprika Sauce by Feisty Tapas - A delicious gluten free and dairy free fork-tender dish
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    Instant Pot Pulled Pork with Creamy Paprika Sauce by Feisty Tapas - A delicious gluten free and dairy free fork-tender dish
    Instant Pot Pulled Pork with Creamy Paprika Sauce by Feisty Tapas - A delicious gluten free and dairy free fork-tender dish
    Instant Pot Pulled Pork with Creamy Paprika Sauce by Feisty Tapas - A delicious gluten free and dairy free fork-tender dish
    The liquid (juices) from cooking ready to turn into sauce

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    Instant Pot Pulled Pork with Creamy Paprika Sauce by Feisty Tapas. The pulled pork is served in a large white round serving dish and the sauce is looking delicious oozing from the side of a smaller blue and white striped bowl. On a wooden table

    Instant Pot Pulled Pork with Creamy Paprika Sauce

    Maria Bravo
    Pulled pork is extremely easy in the pressure cooker. Put your feet up while your Instant Pot does all the hard work. Recipe with UK ingredients and measurements
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    Cook Time 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine British
    Servings 12 people

    Equipment

    • 1 Pressure Cooker Instant Pot, Ninja etc

    Ingredients
      

    • 1.66 kg shoulder of pork mine was from Aldi, don’t worry if yours isn’t exactly the same size, the timings are the same
    • 2 teaspoons Maldon salt or your favourite salt
    • 1 tablespoon paprika sweet or smoked
    • 250 ml of homemade chicken stock or you could use my vegetable stock paste

    For the Sauce

    • 250 ml liquid left from cooking so, basically, don’t throw it away!
    • 120 g raw cashews
    • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika or sweet if you don’t want it spicy

    Instructions
     

    • Remove the rind and cut the pork shoulder in about 5 pieces, not too big and definitely not too small.
      1.66 kg shoulder of pork
    • Mix the 2 teaspoons of salt with the 1 tablespoon sweet paprika and rub all over each piece.
      2 teaspoons Maldon salt, 1 tablespoon paprika
    • Place the 250 ml chicken stock in the inner pot of the Instant Pot (pressure cooker) with the pork shoulder pieces.
      250 ml of homemade chicken stock
      Photo of the pulled pork ingredients ready to pressure cook
    • Lock the lid in. Steam release sealed. Pressure cook on high pressure for 90 minutes. Natural pressure release at the end (see notes if you don't know what this means)
    • When ready, remove the pork and shred. Reserve the liquid left in the Instant Pot for…
      Photo of the pressure cooked pork shoulder ready to shred

    The Sauce

    • Blend 250 ml of the juices (you will have more than this) with the 120 g raw cashews and 1 teaspoon paprika until you have a creamy sauce (in Thermomix: 1 minute, speed 9).
      120 g raw cashews, 250 ml liquid left from cooking, 1 teaspoon smoked paprika

    Notes

     
    Enjoy! And, of course, let me know if you try it…
    Tip from reader Frances who has tried and loved this recipe:
    I put the pork in a dish, covered it with the cashew sauce then grated cheese. Grilled till golden. Epic!!!! You gotta try this ~ Frances
    Thank you Frances!
    *Terminology
    Quick release (also known as quick pressure release or QPR) means venting the steam as soon as the pressure cooking process finishes.
    Natural release (also known as natural pressure release or QPR) means letting the float valve pop back down of its own accord, if it takes over 15 minutes, you’re ok to release the rest of the steam (by turning the steam release handle to Venting) that may be left in order to unlock and open the lid.
    Keyword Instant Pot, Pulled Pork
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    About Maria Bravo

    Kitchen Gadget Geek extraordinaire. Tester of all things kitchen appliance. Clumsy cook, if I can't break it and get the most of it, you know that's a good kitchen gadget! Architect of online communities for kitchen gadget lovers

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