Puerto Rican
Shredded Pork
2-3 lb. Pork
boneless sirloin roast, trimmed & tied if necessary
1 tablespoon
vegetable oil
4-5 cloves
garlic, skins removed and crushed
1 tablespoon
cumin
½ tablespoon
coarse salt
1 teaspoon dried
oregano
4 oranges,
juiced (or 1 cup fresh squeezed orange juice)
4 limes, juiced
Poke 3-5 holes
in pork with sharp knife and stuff with half the crushed garlic. Warm
oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add pork and brown on all
sides, 6-8 minutes. Combine remaining ingredients in blender and
blend 3-5 seconds until evenly combined. Place pork in slow cooker;
pour liquid mixture over pork and let marinate about 10 minutes on
each side. Turn slow cooker in low and cook 8 hours. After 8 hours,
remove pork and shred using two forks. Remove all but one cup of
liquid from slow cooker; add pork back to that one cup liquid in slow
cooker and cook 15-30 minutes.
