Crock Pot Sweet Pork for Salads and Sandwiches

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Crock Pot Sweet Pork for Salads & Sandwiches

*1 Frozen Pork Shoulder Roast, thaw in refrigerator
*1 12 ounce Glass Bottle IBC Root Beer
*1/2 can Frozen Lemonade Concentrate
*1/4 Cup Apple Cider Vinegar
*1/2 Cup Packed Brown Sugar
*4 tablespoons minced dried Onions
*1 tablespoon minced dried Garlic
*1/4 teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes, or to taste
*1/4 teaspoon Freshly Ground Black Pepper
*1 teaspoon Sea Salt

Layer the above in the Crock Pot in the order listed and cover with lid and cook on a High for 6 hours or overnight/8 hours on medium low or according to you crock pot instructions. Shred the pork and add to salads or sandwiches.

You can find a good recipe for rolls Here.

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Enjoy!

Lindy

Jungle Baby Shower Chicken & Apple Salad Sandwiches

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Chicken & Apple Salad Sandwich

Salad

*1 Pre-cooked Rotisserie Chicken (Garlic or Lemon Pepper) or 4 Cooked Seasoned Chicken Breasts, cut into bite sized pieces
*1 cup halved green or red Grapes
*3-4 Apples, small bite size pieces, (Gala, Pink Lady, Honey Crisps etc…)
*1/4 cup sliced Almonds

Dressing

*3/4 cup Olive Oil Mayonnaise, more or less
*1/4 teaspoon Black Pepper, or to taste

Combine together. Serve on a lettuce leaf inside a croissant or Ciabatta Roll

*1 Head of Lettuce, washed
*Croissants or Ciabatta Rolls
*Sandwich Picks, optional

See Ciabatta Recipe

Makes about 40 small sandwiches.

Note: In the pictures below I tripled the above Salad recipe for a shower and used only about half of the salad That I made, so I had extra.

You can see more of our Jungle Baby Shower Here and Here

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These Sandwiches we used for our Jungle Baby Shower. Green Olives for the eyes and Red Peppers for the Tongue.

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Enjoy!

Jessica, Lindy and Jamie