It’s savory. Oh, so savory. Josh insists on putting barbecue sauce on it, but I can’t stand anything covering the … the … SAVORY taste of this meat.
This is by far my favorite crock pot recipe. Especially because I can easily freeze half for a later dinner. (And we eat a LOT.)
(Also good in tacos. Just add 3/4 c salsa to 2 c meat.)
Shredded Savory Pork
Ingredients:
1 3lb boneless pork shoulder blade roast (Good luck – the smallest I’ve found is 4 pounds and change.)
8 cloves garlic, minced or pressed (No; come back! I swear it’s not that garlic-y! Something happens in the slow roasting and the garlic mellows! Promise!)
2 tsp ground coriander
2 tsp ground cumin
2 tsp dried oregano, crushed
1 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1/2 tsp ground red pepper
1 c beef broth
Hamburger buns or kaiser rolls (definitely splurge on the kaiser rolls, you won’t regret it)
- Trim fat from meat. In a small bowl, combine garlic, coriander, cumin, oregano, onion powder, salt, black pepper, and red pepper. Rub into the meat. Place meat in a 3 1/2 – 5 qt Crock Pot; add beef broth. Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 8-10 hours or on high-heat setting for 4-5 hours.
- Remove meat from liquid with a slotted spoon; discard excess fat from cooking liquid, reserving the liquid. When meat is cool enough to handle, shred it using two forks to pull through it in opposite directions. Stir in enough cooking liquid to moisten.*
*Having read the above step, I have to say, we don’t do this. We shred the meat, and then plop it back into the juices in their entirety. We don’t drain the fat. We like the fat. it makes us happy. Plus, if you trim the fat beforehand, what’s left to drain? Not that we do that either, mind you…
We also don’t wait until the meat is cool enough to handle. You wouldn’t be able to either if you were smelling this SAVORY dish for the past 4-8 hours. The non-waiting is well worth the tender, red fingers.
That’s our favorite Crock Pot dish, what’s yours? Post about it and then link here to that post (not your homepage)! Remember to add a brief description of your recipe for easy reference purposes. And thanks for keeping it family friendly!
Next week, on Recipe Swap: Desserts (a.k.a The Reason I Eat My Peas).
The excitement is building…
So I was thinking, once we go through all your pre-planned recipe swap topics, we should do a reverse recipe swap and write about our experience using someone else’s recipe (kind of like a reverse Works-For-Me-Wednesday).
So this week I messed up again. I forgot to put a description of the recipes after my name! You are going to have to delete one of my links again. Sorry! I promise next time I’ll try to keep my excitement in check and follow the rules. 🙂
Mmmm that sounds delicious. I love crock pot meals. It’s so wonderful to walk in the door and have dinner ready.
I need to try one of these soon!
These all looks so wonderful! I am getting a rumbly in my tummy!!
My recipe is kinda like a redneck version of yours. Sorry about that;) I wouldn’t have posted it if I had checked earlier!
This recipe swap thing is so great! I’d really like to swap a lot of bread and/or bread machine recipes, too!
That does sound good!
I added my name to the list, but I realized that my idea of slow cooking was off. I shouldn’t be on there. Sorry, can it please be taken off.
This is in the crockpot now and it smells DELICIOUS!! I am drooling just from the smell, so I know that dinner will be a HUGE hit.
And you were right about the size, the smallest I found was 4.43 pounds. Oh, well that will make for good frozen leftovers!!
Thanks for a great new recipe to add to the “pot”!!!
Made this for supper tonight. My oldest who hates pork LOVED this. Big hit with this family. Thanks for sharing.
I made this for dinner tonight, and it was a big hit. I actually used about 8 pork chops that I had in the freezer from the last pork madness sale, and it still came out wonderful. I bet the leftovers would be good with some green chilies and taco seasoning to use as a taco filling.
Anyway, thanks for the recipe!
I’ve invited the whole family round this xmas for a big dinner, so the roast is pretty important! I found a ton of recipes at this roast recipe site, but cant seem to decide on anyone – there’s too many to choose from! It’s fun planning such a big christmas meal though!
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