Puerto Rican Shredded Pork

By carvalhohm

Ingredients

• 2-3 pounds boneless sirloin pork roast, or sirloin tip roast, trimmed and tied with kitchen twine if necessary*
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 4-5 cloves garlic, skins removed, crushed
• 1 tablespoon cumin
• 1/2 tablespoon coarse salt
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 4 oranges, juiced or 1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
• 4 limes, juiced

Details

Servings 4
Adapted from porkbeinspired.com

Preparation

Step 1

Using a sharp knife, poke a few holes into the pork and stuff holes with half of the crushed garlic. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, warm the oil. Add the pork and brown on all sides, 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer the meat to a slow cooker.

Combine the remaining ingredients in a blender and blend for a few seconds until evenly combined. Place the pork in the slow cooker. Pour the liquid mixture over the pork, and let the pork marinate in the mixture for about 10 minutes on each side.

After 8 hours, remove pork and shred using two forks on a large cutting board. Remove all the liquid from the slow cooker except for 1 cup of the cooking liquid and add pork back to pot. Let it cook another 15-30 minutes.

Serve the shredded pork over lettuce wraps or in corn tortillas, and top with pico de gallo, chopped cilantro and/or avocado.

Serves 4-6, plus leftovers

Serving Suggestions:
If you’d prefer serving it out of a wrap (whether it’s butter lettuce or corn tortillas), serve it alongside a piece of grilled corn on the cob, or a corn salad.

Alternatively, when the pork is done cooking, you can shred it with the 2 forks while it is still in the slow cooker, keeping all the liquid in as well, and serve it stew style with a topping of chopped onions or pico de gallo.

You can add chile verde sauce once pork is pulled apart and serve on tortillas.