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Slow Cooked Pork

Slow Cooked Pork Shoulder - 5-10 minutes of preparation and 8 hours in the slow cooker gives you enough tender, flavorful pork for several meals.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 10 minutes
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pork shoulder
  • 1 onion peeled and quartered
  • 4 cloves garlic peeled
  • 2 t cumin
  • 2 t salt
  • 2 seeded hot peppers or 2 t crushed red pepper

Method
 

  1. Take the pork shoulder and slash the rind with a sharp knife into diamond shapes. Stab the meat all over.
  2. Put remaining ingredients in a food processor and process until blended but still slightly chunky.
  3. Smear the seasoning mixture all over the meat, working it into the slashes you have cut.
  4. Place the meat into a slow cooker. Put any remaining seasoning mixture on top of it. Cover.
  5. Cook for 8 hours on Low.
  6. Pull off rind and fat - discard. Pull meat into chunks and shreds for serving. Moisten with the broth in the pot.