Crock Pot Cuban Pulled Pork Recipe

A delicious Cuban pork recipe made with a homemade mojo marinade for a tender pulled pork.

Cuban Pork

Today's recipe is going to show you how to make a moist and tender Cuban pork slow cooked with homemade Mojo marinade made with citrus juice and herbs and spices.

This pulled pork shoulder roast can be used to make many different meals.

You can just eat it straight from the crock pot with the Mojo sauce recipe I included.

Or you can make Pulled Pork Nachos, Pulled Pork Sandwiches, Pulled Pork tacos or Pulled Pork Quesadillas.

You could use it in any way you like. The pork is fall apart tender and packed full of flavor from the mojo.

Homemade Mojo Marinade recipe

The homemade mojo marinade is a Cuban staple, is used in many traditional Cuban recipes and makes a delicious pork marinade.

If you have ever eaten store-bought mojo marinade you're in for a surprise.

Homemade Mojo marinade is so much better.

I used a combination of citrus in the mojo. I used a mixture of sour calamondin oranges and lime juice.

If you have access to a sour orange tree you can use it instead.

If you live somewhere where you can find sour oranges you could use all sour orange juice.

Or you could use all lime juice.

Traditionally Mojo marinade is made using sour oranges but it can be made with any citrus juice or a combination of citrus juice..

Ingredients

• 8-10 pound pork shoulder roast
• juice of 3 limes
• ⅓ cup sour orange juice or lime juice
• 12-15 garlic cloves
• 2 tablespoons fresh oregano leaves, leaves stripped from about 6 sprigs,1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
• 2 teaspoons cumin
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cans Hunts Fire-roasted diced tomatoes
• salt
• pepper

Mojo Marinade Directions

1. Place the lime juice, sour orange juice, garlic, oregano, cumin, vinegar, pepper and salt in a blender.
2. Pulse until liquefied.

How to cook the pork with fresh mojo

Step 1: Place the pork roast inside a 6 quart or larger crock pot. You can cut the pork shoulder into pieces if you need to.

Step 2: Pour the mojo marinade over the pork.

Step 3: Cover and refrigerate at least 8 hours to marinade, overnight is best.

Step 4: Remove the crock pot from the fridge and bring to room temperature.  Once the crock has warmed up to room temp place it in the appliance and turn the temperature on low.

Step 5: Add the 2 cans of diced tomatoes and season with salt and pepper. Place the lid on and slow cook on low for 12 hours.

Step 6: Remove the cooked pork from the crock pot and place it on a large cookie sheet to rest for about 20 minutes. Reserving the cooking liquid and set aside to make the sauce.

Step 7: Use 2 forks to shred the meat discarding any fat or bones.

Step 8: Serve using the pork as the main course or use the shredded pork to make one of the other pork recipe below.

How to make the sauce

• 3 cups liquid from crock pot
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 3 tablespoons water
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon cumin

Sauce Directions

1. Remove 3 cups of liquid from the crock pot and place in a sauce pan.
2. Check for small pieces of bones carefully or strain through a fine mess strainer and pick any bones out.
3. Mix two tablespoons of cornstarch with 3 tablespoons cool water.
4. Heat the saucepan to boiling and add the cornstarch mixture to the pot.
5. Stir until thickened.
6. Mix 1 cup of sauce to 3 cups of pulled pork.
7. Optional: Spread the pulled pork and sauce on a cookie sheet and brown under the broiler.

Serving suggestions

• Pulled Pork Nachos
• Pulled Pork Tacos
• Pulled Pork Sandwiches

More Pork Slow Cooker Recipes

If you love cooking pork in the crock pot check out more pork recipes below.

Print the Crock Pot Cuban Pulled Pork recipe below

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