Mexican Pork Roast Crock Pot Food

SLOW-COOKER PORK CARNITAS

Steps:

• Add the chicken broth, orange juice, lime juice, cumin, chili powder, oregano, red pepper flakes, cloves, and 2 teaspoons kosher salt to a large slow cooker and whisk to combine. Add the onion, garlic and bay leaves and stir to combine. Add the pork and toss to coat. Cover and cook on high until the meat is tender, about 5 hours.
• Transfer the pork to a large bowl with a slotted spoon and discard the bay leaves, onion, and garlic. Shred the pork into bite-size pieces with 2 forks, leaving some larger chunks, and season with salt and pepper.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of the lard in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add half the shredded pork and press down into an even layer with a spatula. Cook, pressing occasionally with a spatula, until crisped and browned, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to a serving platter and cover with foil to keep warm. Repeat with the remaining 2 tablespoons lard and shredded pork.
• Serve with tortillas, cilantro, jalapenos and pickled red onions.
• Put the sliced onions in a medium heatproof, nonreactive bowl. Put the vinegar, orange juice, lime juice, bay leaves, sugar, coriander and 1 tablespoon kosher salt in a small saucepan and whisk to combine. Bring to a boil over high heat and cook, whisking occasionally, until the sugar dissolves, about 1 minute. Pour the mixture over the red onions and set aside until cooled to room temperature. Serve at room temperature or cover and refrigerate up to 4 days.

SPICY CITRUS PORK ROAST (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Cook bacon until crisp in a skillet over medium high heat. Remove bacon pieces from skillet and set aside, leaving fat in skillet.
• In same pan, brown roast on all sides. Transfer to slow cooker.
• Remove all but 1 TB of bacon fat from pan. Reduce heat to medium. Add onions and cook, stirring, until slightly wilted.
• Add garlic, jalapeno, chili powder, salt, and pepper and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
• Sprinkle in flour and cook, stirring, one more minute.
• Add orange zest, juice, and bananas, and cook, stirring to scrape up any bits stuck to the skillet. Mash bananas into sauce as you stir (but it's OK if some chunks/slices remain - these will disintegrate during the slow cooking).
• Stir in bacon pieces. Pour contents of skillet over pork.
• Cover and cook on low for 8 hours. Note that the original recipe indicated that this could be cooked on high for 4-5 hours, but I'm afraid that my slow cooker would burn this due to the high sugar content of the fruit. You can use your judgment based on your knowledge of your slow cooker - I needed to save some time so I started on high for 1 hour and switched to low for 4 1/2 hours and it turned out perfectly.

ROAST PORK TACOS (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• PORK:.
• Using a sharp knife, make 6 incisions in the pork roast.
• Stuff the garlic cloves in the incisions and pour the lime juice over the pork. Marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes, turning occasionally.
• Season pork with Southwest Seasoning, salt, and pepper.
• Rub with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil and place in a crock pot and cook on low for 8-10 hours, or until tender.
• Remove from crock pot and cool for 30 minutes.
• Using 2 forks, pull the meat off the bones into small pieces and set aside.
• ROASTING PEPPERS:.
• Place the poblano and red pepper over a direct flame and roast, turning occasionally with tongs, until the skin is charred and blistered all over.
• Transfer to a container with a tight-fitting lid, cover, and let sit for 20 minutes.
• Remove the peppers and, when cool enough to handle, carefully remove the charred skin by rubbing with your fingers.
• Remove the stems and any seeds and, if necessary, rinse briefly under cool running water to remove any remaining skin.
• Slice the peppers into thin strips and place in a small bowl and set aside at room temperature for up to 2 hours.
• TO ROAST ONIONS:.
• Place the onion slices on a flat surface and insert 1 or 2 toothpicks into the concentric rings in order to hold the rings together on the grill.
• Brush the slices on both sides with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and place the onion slices on medium-hot grill.
• Grill, turning occasionally, until lightly charred on the edges and soft, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Remove the toothpicks from the onion slices and add the onions to the peppers, separating the onion rings with your fingers; tossing to combine.
• The heat from the hot onion slices will warm the poblanos.
• Add 1 tablespoons of lime juice and season with 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
• Set aside until ready to serve the tacos.
• TO SERVE:.
• Place some the roasted pork in each tortilla.
• Top with onion/pepper mixture.
• Serve with sauce of your choice.
• Top with grated cheese and garnish with fresh cilantro and lime wedges.

SLOW-COOKER MEXICAN PORK

Steps:

• In 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker, mix pork, salsa and chiles.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 6 to 8 hours.
• Stir in beans. Cover; cook on Low heat setting about 5 minutes or until beans are hot. Sprinkle with cheese.

MEXICAN PORK ROAST &/OR CROCKPOT CARNITAS

Steps:

• If preparing as a roast:.
• Place roast in a bowl large enough to hold it plus several cups of liquid (marinade).
• Grind/blend together all ingredients (except jalapenos and pork) in a blender, immersion blender, mini chopper, or food processor. When mixed and well-blended, pour over pork. The marinade should almost cover the pork- if it doesn't, add more OJ and milk until it's almost covered.
• Cover and marinate the pork in the fridge for 12-24 hours. Turn every few hours.
• When ready to cook the piggy, preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Place pork in a greased (or PAM'd) roasting pan (I sometimes use a roasting rack inside a pan) with the fatty side UP.
• Bake pork at 400 until the top gets crispy and brown.
• Once the top has browned, cover the roast with foil and place back in the oven. Depending on how you like to cook your meat, you could lower the temp slightly for a longer cooking time.
• Baste the roast every 30 minutes or so to help infuse it with deliciousness (optional).
• Cooking time will vary widely depending on the size of your roast. I usually get a 10-lb roast, which takes 2-3 hours usually to cook.
• Once your roast is at your ideal temp (145*-160*), take from the oven.
• If you'd like to serve it as a roast now, let it rest for 15 or 20 minutes and then slice it. It will be fairly tender but should hold together well for slicing.
• Leftovers freeze well! Just throw any leftovers (including the bone) into the crockpot on low with a few sliced jalapenos, shred with 2 forks, and you'll have carnitas! I serve my carnitas with pan-fried corn tortillas, chopped red onion, cilantro, and a lime wedge.
• ***If you're planning on starting this in the crockpot for Carnitas, you will not need to add the whole amount of liquids. This roast is very fatty and will create a lot of its own juice. Pour the marinade in to the crock, leaving 3 or 4 inches clear at the top. Add sliced jalapenos (if desired). Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours until cooked and falling apart. Shred with 2 forks, throw the bone away, and enjoy!***.

CROCK POT MEXICAN PORK

Steps:

• In a 4 quart slow cooker, mix together the pork, salsa, and green chilies.
• Cover and cook on low heat setting for 6 to 8 hours or until pork is tender.
• Stir in black beans.
• Turn slow cooker to high and cook an additional 5 to 10 minutes or until beans are heated.
• Sprinkle with Monterey Jack cheese.

MEXICAN PORK ROAST (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Place onions and carrots in crock pot.
• Rub pork roast with seasonings. Place on top of vegetables; add water.
• Cover and cook on low for 10-12 hours.
• To serve: shred and serve on hot tortillas with taco sauce.