"Cilantro Lime" Pork

Notice the quotes? Well I got this recipe because I thought it sounded awesome. I became obsessed with making salsa last summer, mostly the mango/pineapple variety, and 2 ingredients that were in all of the recipes were lime and cilantro. So I saw this recipe and I was all like, whaaaaat? Well it turns out, the pork is still really tasty (can't go wrong with a crock pot), but I did not really get the cilantro-y limey flavor I was looking for. Boo!

Ingredients

1/2 cup olive oil

2 garlic cloves minced

2 tablespoons lime juice

1 tablespoon white vinegar

1 1/2 teaspoon adobo seasoning with cumin

2 tablespoons chopped fresh (or 2 teaspoons dried) cilantro

1 (4 pound) bone in pork shoulder

1 medium onion, sliced

2 cups beef broth

Mix the first 6 ingredients together with a whisk. That will be your marinade. Easy peezy.

 

marinade + pork = mmmm

Get your pork shoulder out and make shallow cuts all over it, then put it in a big Ziploc bag with the marinade and shake it all up so the marinade covers the pork entirely. Then put it in the fridge for at least 6 hours. I left mine overnight. It made the fridge smell yummy (even though the bag was supposed to be completely airtight, what the hell?). When your pork is done marinating, put it in a big pan and sear it on all sides until it is brown. This is going to make your kitchen smell fantastic.

Now lay the sliced onion along the bottom of the crockpot and put the pork inside with the fat side up. Pour the beef broth and the rest of the marinade in the crockpot. I got 2 small cans of beef broth and just used all of that, without really measuring. I also poured the beef broth into the Ziploc bag first to dry to get all of the marinade out. Cover the crockpot and cook on low for 8 hours.

There are some other instructions after this but basically, once the 8 hours was up Dennis and I started eating it. We made sandwiches with Sweet Baby Ray's barbecue sauce and this awesome pepper vinegar my dad made and gave us. Basically it is like... jalapenos soaked in vinegar (not sure what type of vinegar). I always fish some jalapenos out and put them on my sandwiches and OMG they are the bomb.

I can't remember how I found this recipe. It may have been on foodgawker's most favorited recipes of all-time where I found the last 2 recipes (Nummy Mozzerella Sticks & High Class Mac & Cheese). Not sure. Anyway, I think this recipe was sort of a bust because it didn't have the exact taste I was looking for, but the taste it did have was still really good, so I dunno what to think about this one. The meat was awesome, it made the house smell terrific (can I talk about how good this pork smells a little more?), and I did it all by myself with no help from Dennis, so in my book it is a success!

I have no pictures of the finished product because I have not been on top of my game lately. Sorry dudes.

Thank you to Des at Life's Ambrosia for this recipe. It looks like she's got a ton of other cool recipes on her site so check it out sometime!