Instant Pot Dr. Pepper Pulled Pork is a simple dump & cook recipe made in your pressure cooker. Just toss, set & go for an easy & delicious dinner.
Who loves pulled pork? It is by far my all-time favorite meal in any form. Which is why I’m so thrilled about this super quick & easy recipe for Instant Pot Dr. Pepper Pulled Pork which has this dinner ready in less than 2 hours.
*Be sure to try our Smoked Pork Butt on the Traeger!
I mean, don’t get me wrong, my slow cooker pulled pork is super simple to make.
But it takes all day. So if I forget to get it in the cooker in the morning, we aren’t having that for dinner.
I have slowly been working on converting a lot of my slow cooker recipes over to make them in the pressure cooker & this is one of the first I just had to try.
Instant Pot Pulled Pork
This post contains some affiliate links. Click here to read my full disclosure policy.
I mean, wow! Just look at that. It is the most wonderful thing EVER!
If you love easy dinners – you don’t want to miss our Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings OR how about our Instant Pot White Chicken Chili too?
Here are some commonly asked questions
CAN I USE ANOTHER FLAVOR OF SODA?
Yes, you absolutely can. This would be great with orange soda or root beer.
What you want to make sure of is that you do not use diet soda.
Not only does the carbonation help tenderize the meat & help in its ability to fall apart, but the syrup in the soda really helps give it the flavor you want when pairing it with BBQ sauce.
CAN I USE FROZEN PORK FOR THIS RECIPE?
Yes you can. Just increase the cooking time.
As a general rule, if you are cooking fresh pork at 20 minutes per pound, you will want to increase the time to 30 minutes per pound for frozen.
I was cooking 4 pounds & I cooked it for 90 minutes. But if I had been cooking a frozen pork, I would have increased it to 2 hours.
HOW DO YOU MAKE Instant Pot Dr. Pepper Pulled Pork
- Place all ingredients into the pressure cooker & cover.
- Set the timer to manual- cooking 20 minutes per lb for fresh, 30 minutes per lb for frozen.
- Naturally release 10 minutes.
- Release & open the lid.
- Transfer pork to a large bowl & shread. Toss with bbq sauce before serving.
Instant Pot Dr. Pepper Pulled Pork
To make this recipe you will need…
- boneless pork butt
- Dr. Pepper soda
- water
- Worcestershire
- chili powder
- granulated garlic
- seasoned salt
- paprika
- salt
- pepper
With just 90 minutes cook time – you can’t go wrong with this one!
PRESSURE COOKER PULLED PORK
Looking for more great Instant Pot recipes?
Instant Pot Dr. Pepper Pulled Pork
Ingredients
- 2-4 lbs boneless pork butt
- 1 can Dr. Pepper soda 7.5oz
- 1 cup water
- 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tbsp chili powder
- 1 tbsp granulated garlic
- 2 tsp season salt
- 1 tbsp paprika
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp pepper
Instructions
- Place all ingredients into the pressure cooker & cover.
- Set the timer to manual- cooking 20 minutes per lb for fresh, 30 minutes per lb for frozen.
- Use natural release 10 minutes.
- Quick release & open the lid.
- Transfer pork to a large bowl & pull apart.
- Toss with bbq sauce before serving.
Nutritional information for the recipe is provided as a courtesy and is approximate. Please double-check with your own dietary calculator for the best accuracy. We at Yummi Haus cannot guarantee the accuracy of the nutritional information given for any recipe on this site.
How cool to use the soda to make it!
Not only does the syrup in the soda help with the flavor but the carbonation helps to really tenderize the meat.
You had me at pulled pork, but soda? I can’t wait to try this! Thanks for sharing!
This will be a great pulled pork and perfect for the big game days! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday, your post is awesome. Hope you are having a great week and come back to see us soon!
Miz Helen
Do you cut the roast up??
HI Amber, I didn’t cut mine up, but you can definitely do that if you like so it fits better in your cooker.
OMG best recipe ever! So moist and yummy. I only made 2 lbs. f pork, but didnโt cut the recipe down. Put my dry ingredients in ziplock bag and tossed the pork for an hour before cooking. So tender. Keeping this for ever.
Any suggestions…. I have done everything you said to do for the recipe but I got a “burn” error! Help!
Hmmm – that is so odd, it doesn’t usually happen for this type of recipe. Usually, when this happens it is because there isn’t enough liquid, the liquid is too thick or there is food stuck to the pot which keeps it from coming to the proper pressure. I would add more liquid, 1/2 cup – 1 cup water. Use a wooden spoon to scrape up any food that may have become stuck to the bottom of the pot. Then try cooking it again.
My first instant pot fail. I’ve done about 6 recipes so far, so I’m really new at this, but I followed recipe to a T and it cooked on one side and not the other. Looking back now, should have used a trivet to suspend meat over liquid for even cooking. Smelled good, will try again, but I’ll use a trivet this time.
I’m sorry to hear that. But I’m curious what made it a “fail”. It would be a lot easier for me to know what went wrong & help if I knew more. The meat isn’t supposed to sear, it is supposed to become tender and fall apart, so I’m not sure what you mean by cooking on one side & not the other. That being said, it will brown on the bottom while it is cooking & that is okay. Leaving it in the liquid & the carbonation in the soda is part of what makes it tender & able to fall apart, so you don’t want to suspend the meat. Everything should be toss & go, without any special steps.
Can you use diet Dr. Pepper?
Yes – it will be a bit less sweet & have less caramelization to the liquid. But it won’t change the acid that helps break down the pork to make it tender.
I have pork tenderloin, and not pork butt, on hand. Will that work? What changes would I need to make?
It won’t really turn out as pulled meat. The cooking time will be drastically shorter. If you check my pork tenderloin posts you can use those instructions for your tenderloin but with the same sauce as this one. It will have to be sliced instead of pulled when serving.
Omg it came out PERFECT! I think Iโve outdone myself with this one!
Will this work if the pork is not boneless?
It will work fine – just increase the cooking time to 25 minutes per pound, instead of 20 for fresh.
This looks amazing! ALL of your recipes are a hit in our house! Thank you!
This looks like a winner for sure
Best pulled pork recipe! Easy meal. Can’t wait to try others. Love this group!
i’ve got to make this. It looks and sounds so good. Just hope my addiction to Dr. Pepper doesn’t get in the way! ๐
This sounds absolutely amazing. I just donโt have an instant pot, I was wondering if it would work in a slow cooker?
I was wondering this too. I have an instant pot, but was thinking of making this for a large crowd. If I could do one batch in the instant pot and one in the slow cooker,โit should make enough.
You sure can make it in the slow cooker! It takes quite a bit longer – so just make sure you plan ahead. But it is still fabulous!
Just add the same ingredients in there & then follow these steps here that I have for Guinness Pulled Pork
https://www.kleinworthco.com/guinness-pulled-pork/
Wonderful! How would you adjust the time for bone in?
just increase the cooking time to 25 minutes per pound, instead of 20 for fresh.
Would this work with chicken breast instead for pulled chicken?
I recommend using this recipe for Instant Pot pulled chicken using chicken breasts – https://www.kleinworthco.com/instant-pot-shredded-chicken/
My go-to BBQ pulled pork recipe. I have been making this for several years, and it is a family favorite. We have never deviated from the recipe because itโs delicious!
Fyi: we use the Pioneer Woman Instant Pot