Easiest Way to Make Appetizing 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). I've never liked Pot Roast but this was delicious.

I added blended chipotle in adobo to the roast during the cooking process. I then tossed the pulled pork in the chipotle. Pot roast is a braised beef dish made by browning a roast-sized piece of beef before slow cooking the meat in a covered dish, sometimes with vegetables, in or over liquid. You can have Cuban Pot Roast (similar to Mexican Carnitas) using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Cuban Pot Roast (similar to Mexican Carnitas)

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

Place the pot roast in a roasting pan. Sprinkle with oregano and salt, and cover with the remaining ingredients. 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? We've got a delicious batch of slow cooked carnitas in the fridge ready to spring to life.

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..

If you are interested in similar types dishes here are a few you might like. 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. I'm an ethnologist from Miami and I happen to be Colombian-American. Cubans and Mexicans are about as similar to one another as Germans and Jamaicans.