Slow Cooker Cuban Style Pork Roast

How about another delicious crock pot meal that takes hardly any time to put together? Okay!! I came across this one on Facebook a while back and finally got around to making it. It was wonderful! I will definitely add this into the rotation here. The original recipe comes from this site called Belly Full.

THE INGREDIENTS:
2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup lime juice
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp dried oregano
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
1/8 tsp black pepper
7 cloves of garlic, peeled and smashed
1 small sweet onion, thinly sliced
1 bay leaf
3 pound pork shoulder roast

In a mixing bowl, whisk together the oil, juices, spices and garlic.

Make slits in the surface of the roast all over. Pour the oil mixture over the roast and rub it in with your hands. Make sure you coat all the surfaces of the roast.

Place the roast into your crock pot and add the onion and bay leaf. Pour in the rest of the oil mix.

Cook the roast on low for 8 hours. Take the roast out of the crock pot (mine fell into big chunks away from the bone so easily!) and let it cool slightly. At this point you can shred it up for sandwiches/tacos/wraps or leave it in the bigger chunks and serve with rice (cilantro lime perhaps) and black beans! You really can't go wrong!