Recipe: Yummy Cuban Pot Roast (similar to Mexican Carnitas)

Cuban Pot Roast (similar to Mexican Carnitas). This Cuban pulled pork is made with tender shredded pork, marinated in garlic, cumin, grapefruit and lime and cooked in the pressure cooker. This is very similar to my Slow Cooker Pernil, in fact if you don't have an Instant Pot (btw you should!) and Instant Pot Pork Carnitas (Mexican Pulled Pork). Similar to the difficulties you'll have finding a Cuban sandwich anywhere in Cuba, you'll be hard-pressed to find this Mexican Cuban Sandwich while Do you already have some roast pork or pulled pork available?

Mexican Pot Roast. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. This Instant Pot Crispy Carnitas recipe is so delicious, and extra-easy when made in the pressure cooker! Perfect for tacos, burritos, salads, and more. You can have Cuban Pot Roast (similar to Mexican Carnitas) using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Cuban Pot Roast (similar to Mexican Carnitas)

1. Prepare 1 of slow cooker liner for crockpot (makes clean up easy).
2. You need 1 of 4 lb pork roast (shoulder or rump roast).
3. It's 1 tsp of garlic.
4. Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
5. Prepare 1 tsp of cumin.
6. Prepare 1/4 tsp of cinnamin.
7. Prepare 1/2 tsp of coriander.
8. Prepare 2 medium of bay leaves.
9. It's 1 tsp of italian seasoning.
10. It's 1 quart of chicken broth.
11. You need 2 of stalks of celery (use the top with the leaves).
12. Prepare 1 medium of onion (minced).

Instant Pot Carnitas are crispy and juicy Mexican pulled pork tacos made healthy in pressure cooker. Pork roast: Pork shoulder aka pork butt roast - same thing and is part of the pig's shoulder. "Butt" goes back to the days when butchers in Boston area packed the pork shoulder unto barrels. Cubans and Mexicans are about as similar to one another as Germans and Jamaicans. They're vastly different cultures with the only commonality being that they speak (somewhat) the same language, albeit with huge differences.

Cuban Pot Roast (similar to Mexican Carnitas) step by step

1. place slow cooker liner in crockpot..
2. mix all the dry spices in the food processor ... if you don't have a food processor then mix with a wisk well..
3. mix rub all over roast and let rest for almost 1 hr..
4. put the bay leaves and 2 cup of chicken broth in the bottom of crockpot..
5. place roast fat side up in crockpot. If there isn't enough fat I lay thick bacon over the 'up' portion of the roast. after you put leftover rub on the roast..
6. let roast cook 5 hours and turn..
7. after 10 hours on low take roast out of cooker..
8. remove bay leaves, when you take it out to shred..
9. shred roast using forks and put back in cooker..

Cuba is an island in the Caribbean that is a fusion of Spanish and African. Place the pot roast in a roasting pan. Sprinkle with oregano and salt, and cover with the remaining ingredients. If you are interested in similar types dishes here are a few you might like. Carnitas are the Mexican equivalent to pulled pork.