Slow Cooker Puerto Rican Shredded Pork

Make succulent Puerto Rican-style shredded pork in your slow cooker using orange juice, lime juice, garlic, cumin, and oregano.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 8 hr 10 mins
• Total Time: 8 hr 25 mins
• Calories: 296 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 4 limes, juiced
• 4 cloves garlic, crushed and divided
• 1 (3 pound) boneless pork sirloin roast (trimmed and tied with kitchen twine, if
• 1.5 teaspoons coarse salt

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

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

Step 2

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.

Step 3

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

Step 4

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

Step 5

Turn slow cooker to Low and cook for 8 hours.

Step 6

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

Step 7

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.

Step 8

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