Cuban Pork in the Crock-Pot!!! Success! Here's what I did:

-chopped one onion and put in the bottom of the crock pot
-Mixed (roughly) 1.5 Tablespoons Adobo Seasoning (no pepper, with the blue cap) with a lot of minced garlic (about 6 cloves or so)
-With the pork sirloin roast (2.08 pounds) made several deep slits (like stabs) in the roast
-Smeared the adobo/garlic mixture all over the roast and into the slits.
-Put the roast into the pot on top of the onions.
-Mixed one cup water with two Tablespoons white vinegar
-Poured the water/vinegar mixture into the pot along the sides so it didn't disturb the roast.

Put the cover on the crock-pot, set it to Low. Came back nine hours later and shredded the roast and discarded the cooking liquid/onion. The meat was very tender and the taste was delicious. We ate it with limes (for squeezing) and white rice. I think the left overs will be great in sandwiches or burritos.

I would have used a shoulder roast but the grocery didn't have any, so I used this sirloin roast as it was on sale. I think this recipe would be great for a cheap cut of pork due to the low heat/long cooking time.

I believe the proportions are flexible but I would not increase the amount of vinegar, even if you have a larger roast.

Easy and delicious!

Comments

[Anne]

Yum!

[kmkat]

Mmmm! Must buy pork roast and find Adobo seasoning...

[Diane]

I made a barbecue version of this using a pork shoulder last week. It's a tasty quick dinner with lots of leftovers. A good reminder to get the crock pot out.

[Squishy]

YUM! On my list to make! Very close to Puerto Rican penil

[Kim]

Wow that sound amazing. I love crockpot cooking

[Vicki]

Sounds yum!! And easy! I do not utilize my slow cooker enough.

[LoriAngela]

I make a similar rib roast with BBQ sauce. The instructions: Place roast and liquid in crock pot and head to beach for 6-8 hours.

[Beverly]

This sounds really good. I think I'll do some looking into the adobo seasoning and see if I can make my own. I have a pork roast of some form or another in the freezer.

Ya think the kids will eat it? Maybe cut down the vinegar to 1 tablespoon???

[Kitten]

damn I wish I liked pork...

[Joy]

sounds great! I've got a couple of flavors of Adobo seasoning, but not the blue lid - guess that means I need to get another one ;)

[Nora]

Mmm. I can smell it from here.

Why no pepper? Isn't that just... unAmerican?

xo

[Ramya]

Delicious! Now I just have to find my crock pot hiding somewhere in the kitchen!

[Manise]

Yum! Need to find a crock pot that doesn't spit at me from under the lid even on the lowest setting which seems to be "high" despite adjustments.

[Cookie]

That sounds wonderful!

[opal]

this might be a stupid question, but what make this different from adobo?