
Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, mexican pulled pork. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Best Pork Cut for Pork Carnitas - for ultimate juicy pulled pork full of flavour, you can't beat pork shoulder I use Pork Carnitas to make Enchiladas, Burritos, Quesadillas, Sliders, Mexican pizzas. Try these pulled pork tacos made with slow cooker Mexican pulled pork! The pork is rubbed with spices, slow-cooked, shredded and served with tortillas in tacos or burritos.
Mexican Pulled Pork is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Mexican Pulled Pork is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have mexican pulled pork using 29 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Mexican Pulled Pork:
- Get 1 each Pork Shoulder Blade Roast (Boston Butt) approx. 6-7 Pounds
- Prepare 1 each Green Bell Pepper, Sliced
- Take 1 each Red Bell Pepper, Sliced
- Get 2 each Onions, Sliced
- Take Dry Rub
- Make ready 1 tbsp Dried Oregano
- Make ready 1 tsp Lawry's Season Salt
- Get 1 tsp Granulated Garlic
- Prepare 1 tsp Granulated Onion
- Get 1 tsp Cumin
- Get 1 tsp Corriander
- Get 1/2 tsp Black Pepper
- Prepare 1/2 tsp Cayenne Pepper
- Prepare Mole Sauce
- Take 1/4 cup Raisins
- Make ready 6 each New Mexico Chile Peppers, Seeded
- Prepare 1/4 cup Almonds, Roasted
- Take 1 tbsp Granulated Garlic
- Make ready 1/2 tsp Cumin
- Make ready 1/4 tsp Cinnamon
- Get 1/4 tsp Allspice
- Take 1/4 tsp Corriander
- Prepare 1/4 tsp Black Pepper
- Take 1 tbsp Tomato Paste
- Take 1 tsp Sesame Oil
- Make ready 1 quart Pork Stock (may substitute Chicken Stock)
- Get 1/2 oz Unsweetened Chocolate
- Make ready 1 each Slice of Bread, Toasted Dark
- Get 2 tbsp Brown Sugar (how come you taste so good?)
The pork is rubbed with spices, slow-cooked, shredded and served with tortillas in tacos or burritos. The perfect burst of Mexican flavors paired with slow-cooked pulled pork makes an ideal base for tacos that everyone will love. Serve with small corn or flour tortillas and taco fixings. Tips for making this yummy Carnitas (Mexican Pulled Pork).
Instructions to make Mexican Pulled Pork:
- Mix all ingredients for dry rub thouroughly.
- Apply dry rub to outside of pork butt, liberally.
- Lay out fire for for indirect cooking.
- Place pork but over drip pan, add wood chips for smoking.
- Cook at 250°-300°F, replinishing wood chips as needed for 2-3 hours.
- While pork is smoking, start mole sauce.
- Place chile peppers, and raisins in wide bottomed sauce pan, over medium heat. Cook for 5-7 minutes until they become aromatic.
- Add spices, tomato paste, almonds, and sesame oil to pan. Cook an additional 1 minute
- Add stock to pan, increase heat to medium-high, and bring to a boil.
- When sauce comes to a boil, add chocolate, an crumbled, toasted bread then reduce heat to a simmer.
- Simmer sauce for one hour, then using either an immersion blender or stand blender, puree the sauce until smooth.
- Return sauce to a simmer for another hour, then add brown sugar, and season with salt if neccesary.
- After pork butt has been thouroughly smoked, lightly sautee the peppers and onions.
- Place peppers, onions, mole sauce, and pork but in baking dish, and tent with aluminum foil.
- Return pan to indirect heat until the pork easily shreds and pulls away from the bone.
- Mix the shredded pork with the sauce, peppers, and onions.
- Serve on warm tortilla shells with your choice of condiments.
- Some suggestions: Salsa Fresca (a quick recipe is available on my profile), Shredded Cheese, Fresh Cilantro Leaves, Sour Cream, and Sliced Avocado.
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