Slow cooker Carnitas

This dish is to die for!! And so incredibly easy to make. DH called it "The best pork EVER!" and wants me to make it every week. What's more, the very next day he bought another shoulder roast for this purpose, though we still had plenty leftovers. In fact, we got 3 meals out of it: one day's dinner, 2 days' lunch.

I followed some of the suggestions in the reviews of this recipe, and I added those changes in this post. Feel free to check the original recipe and decide if you want to make any changes at all.

Slow Cooker Carnitas - Adapted from Allrecipes.com

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon crumbled dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 (4 pound) boneless pork shoulder roast
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 cups chicken broth

Directions

1. Mix together salt, cumin, oregano, coriander, and cinnamon in a bowl. Cut meat into big chunks and coat them with the garlic and the spice mixture. Place the bay leaves in the bottom of a slow cooker and pile the pork chunks on top. Pour the chicken broth around the sides of the pork, being careful not to rinse off the spice mixture.
2. Cover and cook on Low until the pork shreds easily with a fork, about 10 hours.
   
3. When the pork is tender, remove from slow cooker, and place on a baking sheet. Place in the oven preheated to 375ºF for 20 minutes. Shred the meat with two forks and serve.

Burrito, anyone?

BBQ Pulled Chicken

This is very tasty and easy to make. It's from The Rookie Chef, and I used the Coleslaw recipe she has as well, but I was making just a little bit for me only (DH is not a fan of coleslaw), so I didn't measure anything. It was enough for 2 meals for the 2 of us.

BBQ Pulled Chicken - from TheRookieChef.com





Ingredients:

• 3 chicken breasts
• 2 chicken bouillon cubes
• 2 cups of water
• BBQ sauce (I used hot and spicy!)
• Coleslaw
• Hamburger buns

Directions:

• Place chicken breasts, bouillon cubs and two cups of water into your crockpot. Heat on low for 7-8 hours depending on how fast your crockpot cooks.
• Take out chicken breasts and place in a bowl
• Drain and rinse out crockpot
• Gently shred chicken breasts with a fork and return to crockpot
• Pour in as much or as a little BBQ sauce as you prefer. Keep mixing so that you cover all of the chicken
• Turn crockpot to keep warm until BBQ has heated through
• Slap a little butter on your buns (hamburger buns, geesh) and lightly toast in the toaster oven
• Put a big scoop of BBQ pulled chicken on your bun, top with some coleslaw and enjoy!