A delicious and light slow cooked pork with amazing spices and caribbean salsa on top.

It’s all fun and games eating brownies and gaining weight until you have the baby. Then the real work begins and you have to lose the baby weight. I have done pretty well so far on losing the weight and me and my BFF have a workout program to help motivate each other. I especially love when I find light and healthy recipes to go with my meal plan. And this my friends…. was one of the best pork recipes that I have ever tried.

First of all, this is a slow cooker recipe. So I fell in love with it even more. With it being summer, I hate heating up the house with the oven. And I feel like shredded pork should only be cooked in the slow cooker because it just peels apart it is so tender. I put this in the night before and I woke up to a dark seasoned crust, stuck the fork in it, and it just fell apart and was so tender on the inside. Perfection. This recipe has such simple ingredients. Which made me fall in love with it even more. The jerk seasoning gave the outside such amazing flavor. Seriously taking it to the best pork recipe that I have had. Then top it with some fresh caribbean salsa and it takes these pork tacos to a whole different level. The jerk spices for the pork mixed with the caribbean salsa are such opposite flavors but complemented each other amazingly. I just couldn’t believe how awesome these were. I am so going to make them again. You have got to try them!

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Slow Cooker Jerk Pork with Caribbean Salsa

By: Alyssa Rivers

A delicious and light slow cooked pork with amazing spices and caribbean salsa on top.

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Slow Cooker: 9 hours hours

Total Time: 9 hours hours 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 10 Servings

Ingredients 

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• ▢ 3 pounds boneless pork shoulder, fat removed
• ▢ 6 cloves garlic, crushed
• ▢ 2-3 tablespoons Jerk Seasoning
• ▢ ½ teaspoon coarse salt
• ▢ 1 lime, juiced
• ▢ ½ cup fresh orange juice

Caribbean salsa:

• ▢ 1 avocado, diced
• ▢ 2 large ripe mangos, chopped
• ▢ 1 ½ tablespoons red onion, chopped
• ▢ 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro chopped
• ▢ 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
• ▢ salt and pepper to taste

Instructions 

• With a knife cut slits into the pork and stuff half of the garlic into the slits. Place the pork into a large sealable container.
• Combine the remaining garlic, jerk seasoning, and salt and rub over the pork.
• Mix the lime and orange juice and pour over the pork. Cover and marinate the pork for 5 hours or overnight.
• Spray a slow cooker with cooking spray and place the pork and marinating juice into the bottom of the slow cooker. Cook on LOW for 8-9 hours.
• Once the pork is cooked and tender, remove the pork and shred it. Place the shredded pork back into the slow cooker with the juices. Cook for an additional 15 minutes.

To make the Caribbean salsa:

• Mix the diced mangos, avocado, and red onion. Add cilantro and lime juice and salt and pepper to taste. Serve over the pork.

Nutrition

Calories: 202kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 18gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 56mgSodium: 247mgPotassium: 567mgFiber: 4gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 1688IUVitamin C: 27mgCalcium: 39mgIron: 2mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Dinner, Main Course

Cuisine: Caribbean

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