Slow Cooker Puerto Rican Shredded Pork
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Cooking:
15 min.
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Servings per container:
6
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Ingredients for - Slow Cooker Puerto Rican Shredded Pork

1. Vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon
2. Boneless pork sirloin roast (trimmed and tied with kitchen twine, if necessary) - 1 (3 pound)
3. Orange juice - 1 cup
4. Limes, juiced - 4
5. Garlic, crushed and divided - 4 cloves
6. Ground cumin - 1 tablespoon
7. Coarse salt - 1 ½ teaspoons
8. Dried oregano - 1 teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Slow Cooker Puerto Rican Shredded Pork

1. Stage

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.

2. Stage

Use a sharp knife to poke 3 to 5 holes into the pork roast. Stuff about half the garlic into the holes. Cook roast in hot oil to brown completely, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer roast to the crock of a slow cooker.

3. Stage

Blend orange juice, lime juice, remaining garlic, cumin, salt, and oregano in a blender until smooth; pour over the pork.

4. Stage

Leave the pork marinating in the orange juice mixture for 10 minutes; turn roast and let other side marinate for 10 minutes.

5. Stage

Turn slow cooker to Low and cook for 8 hours.

6. Stage

Remove pork to a cutting board. Shred meat using 2 forks.

7. Stage

Drain liquid from the slow cooker crock, reserving 1 cup. Return shredded pork to the slow cooker crock, pour reserved liquid over the meat and stir.

8. Stage

Look on Low until the meat is again hot, 15 to 20 minutes.