Easy Crock Pot Cuban Style Pork Recipes

EASY CROCK POT® CUBAN STYLE PORK

Steps:

• Trim excess fat from pork.
• Mix Adobo, cumin and coriander together. Sprinkle this onto the pork and rub in.
• Cut the oranges, lemons and limes in half and squeeze the juice into a medium bowl. Reserve the rind of one orange, one lemon and one lime.
• Heat Crock Pot® Slow Cooker to sauté, or alternatively heat a large skillet to high heat. Drizzle 1-2 tablespoons of oil into hot pot or skillet. Brown the meat on all sides.
• Turn the Crock Pot® to Slow Cook on high heat. Place the onions, garlic, and the reserved citrus rinds (see note) into the Crock Pot® with the meat. Pour the juice on top. Cover and cook for 4-6 hours.
• When the meat is tender enough to shred, remove it from the Crock Pot® into a large bowl and set aside. Using a slotted spoon remove all the vegetables and fruit pieces from the liquid. Transfer the pork back into the liquid and shred using forks.
• Serve warm.

SLOW COOKER CUBAN PORK

Steps:

• Cut pork loin into 3 equal pieces.
• Turn a slow cooker to Low. Add orange juice, lime juice, lemon juice, and peppercorns, then add onion.
• Mix garlic, salt, and oregano into a paste and rub all over pork pieces. Place pork in the slow cooker.
• Cook on Low until pork is slightly pink in the center, 9 to 10 hours. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C). Pull apart meat with 2 forks and let sit for 1 hour before serving.

CUBAN-STYLE ROAST PORK

Steps:

• Grind garlic, salt, black pepper, cumin, oregano, and coriander into a paste using a mortar and pestle.
• Transfer half of the garlic and spice paste to a bowl; add lime juice, orange juice, olive oil, and vinegar. Beat the mixture with a whisk until smooth.
• Cut several inch-long, deep slits into the fatty side of the pork roast. Rub the reserved garlic paste into the slits.
• Put rubbed roast into a gallon-size resealable plastic bag. Pour the liquid mixture over the roast, squeeze as much air from the bag as possible and seal; refrigerate, turning occasionally, 8 hours to overnight.
• Remove pork roast from refrigerator, put into a roasting pan, and let warm at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Roast pork in preheated oven for 30 minutes, reduce heat to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C), and continue cooking until pork is no longer pink in the center, about 2 hours more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 170 degrees F (75 degrees C).

CROCK POT CUBAN PORK ROAST

Steps:

• To prepare marinade for pork roast mix together fruit juices, water, garlic, oregano, cumin, salt, pepper, and bay leaves in a small mixing bowl.
• If necessary, trim fat from pork roast.
• With a large meat fork, pierce meat several times.
• Place roast in a large Ziploc bag; add marinade.
• Marinade in refrigerator for 6 to 24 hours; turning several times.
• Place onion in bottom of slow cooker topped with meat and marinade.
• Cook on low for 10 to 12 hours or High 5 to 6 hours.
• Remove meat from slow cooker and cool slightly before carving.
• Skim fat from gravy.
• Shred meat; remove onions with a large slotted spoon and add meat.
• Remove bay leaves and discard.
• Serve meat in flour tortillas with small bowls of gravy.

CUBAN STYLE PORK ROAST (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• If pork shoulder comes in a netting, remove it. Trim of any large pockets of fat. Place in crockpot.
• Add remaining ingredients, roll the pork around in the mixture to coat evenly.
• Cook in crockpot for about 3 hours on medium or 5-7 hours on low (until meat is falling apart).
• Take meat out of crockpot and shred (remove any more excess fat that you can see)and return to broth.
• Serve and enjoy!