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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
  

  • 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

Instructions
 

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