Glad you enjoyed the instant pot pork shoulder!

Hi Patty, I guess you could leave the molasses and chicken stock out, the molasses adds sweetness and the chicken stock adds overall richness to the flavor. Let me know how it turned out!

This recipe sounds great! For the mexican flavouring, do you still need to use the molasses and chicken stock?

Hi Anna, it likely depends on if you are hot or cold smoking, and if you are hot smoking, what temperature it is at. The cooking time in the instant pot guarantees that the meat is tender enough to pull apart after cooking. Remember the instant pot uses high pressure to speed up cooking times. You can always just try it and if the meat is not tender enough, simply keep cooking it for another half hour or so until it is tender enough.