Sweet Pork Barbacoa Food

SWEET PORK BARBACOA

Steps:

• Spray the slow cooker with cooking spray.
• Combine the pork & Dr. Pepper in the cooker & cover - cook on high about 4 hours.
• After 4 hours have passed, combine green enchilada sauce, granulated sugar, brown sugar, minced garlic, granulated garlic, dry mustard, cumin and chili powder in a large bowl & whisk to combine.
• Add this mixture to your slow cooker & allow to cook an additional 2-3 hours.
• *Note- after about 2 hours I kick the heat down to low just to let those flavors simmer a little longer but 2 hours is usually sufficient. You know when it's done when the pork is falling apart as you try to remove it from the cooker.

SWEET PULLED PORK BARBACOA

Steps:

• Place pork shoulder fat-side-up in a slow cooker. Cover with soda, garlic powder, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
• Cover and cook on Low until pork is tender and can be easily pulled apart with a fork, 8 to 10 hours.
• Remove any bones and solid hunks of fat from pork and discard. Shred with 2 forks; stir pork into its juices. Add brown sugar, green chiles, salsa verde, and habanero pepper. Season with salt and pepper. Stir well to combine.
• Cover and cook on Low until flavors are absorbed, about 1 hour.

SWEET PORK BARBACOA (YET ANOTHER CAFE RIO COPYCAT)

Steps:

• Spray crock pot with Pam and place pork roast inside. Mix remaining ingredients until sugar has dissolved. Pour over roast and cook on low until pork can be shredded with a fork (8-10 hours). The finished meat/liquid mixture can be frozen for later use.
• My favorite way to put this meal together is as follows: make a bed of delicious cilantro lime rice (#310516) on a plate. Top with a scoop of black beans and a scoop of sweet pork. Cover with romaine lettuce and drizzle with equal parts Ranch dressing and salsa verde on top.

SWEET PORK BARBACOA

Steps:

• Dump peppers into a mesh sieve or strainer, and then holding the sieve over your crock pot, pour the Pepsi through them to get all that delicious sauce into the pot. Discard peppers.(I know it seems like a waste, but adding the peppers will make it too spicy. This small amount of sauce is perfect for the recipe.).
• Add remaining ingredients and then stir until combined.
• Trim as much visible fat from the pork as you can.
• Add the meat to the crock pot.
• Cook on high for 5 hours.
• Shred the pork with two forks and then lower the temperature to low, and cook an additional 3 - 4 hours, until the meat is a nice mahogany color.

SHREDDED PORK BARBACOA

Steps:

• Sprinkle roast all over with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
• Place in crockpot and cook on low for 7-8 hours.
• After cooking, take roast out and shred.
• Place back into crockpot.
• Add the enchilada sauce and brown sugar and let it heat through.