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Slow Cooker BBQ Pulled Duck

This slow cooker BBQ pulled duck recipe is to die for! Tossed in a sweet and smoky stout barbecue sauce, you'll have folks clamouring for the recipe. It's the perfect dish to bring for potlucks, game night, and back yard barbecue parties.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 8 hours
Barbecue Sauce 1 day
Course Appetizer, Breakfast, Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 8 people

Equipment

  • 6 Qt Slow Cooker
  • 2 Bowls
  • 2 Forks

Ingredients
  

Stout Barbecue Sauce

  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 3 garlic cloves minced
  • 1 cup ketchup
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup fancy molasses
  • 1/4 cup shoyu (soya sauce)
  • 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tsp liquid smoke
  • 1-2 tsp sriracha optional
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 2 tsp smoked paprika
  • 12 oz stout
  • splash of bourbon

The Duck

  • 1 whole duck quartered
  • fresh ground pepper
  • 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1 3/4 cup stout barbecue sauce this is added in two stages

Instructions
 

Stout Barbecue Sauce

  • Melt the butter in a medium saucepan.
  • Saute the garlic until soft and fragrant.
  • Add the remaining ingredients and bring to a boil.
  • Once the sauce comes to a boil, simmer it on low for an hour.
  • Remove from heat and allow it to cool completely before refrigerating.

The Duck

  • Generously pepper the duck with fresh ground pepper and add it to the slow cooker.
  • Add the apple cider vinegar and 1.5 cups of stout barbecue sauce. Mix it together with your hands or a spoon so that every inch of duck is coated.
  • Set the slow cooker for eight hours on low.
  • Pull the meat off the bones with a fork, being careful to pick out all the bones.
  • Shred the duck using the forks, then dress with the remaining 1/4 cup of stout barbecue sauce. Add more sauce as needed.

Notes

  • This recipe requires a bit of planning as the barbecue sauce needs to be made in advance. With that being said, you can use whatever barbecue sauce you'd like, but this extra step is well worth it! 
Keyword Barbecue, Duck, Poultry, Smoky, Summer