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Cuban Pork - Slow Cooker

Created by Linky on August 28, 2021

1 cup onion, sliced
1 cup bell pepper (sliced, red pepper)
1/2 cup cilantro, roughly chopped (fresh leaves and stems, leave some out for garnish)
6 cloves garlic, minced
4 teaspoons olive oil
4 (2 pounds) pork loin chops
2 teaspoons cumin

Step 1: Combine onion, red pepper, cilantro and garlic with 1 tablespoon olive oil in a slow cooker.
Step 2: Rub pork chops with cumin, 3/4 teaspoon salt and about 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Add to slow cooker.
Step 3: Drizzle remaining olive oil, juice of one orange and the squeezed orange shells over meat and veggies.
Step 4: Cover, cook on low until pork is tender, about 7 hours.
Step 5: Near end of slow cooker time, prepare rice according to package directions. Add frozen peas on top of rice during last few minutes of cooking.
Step 6: Remove pork chops, remove bones if using bone-in pork chops, discard orange halves. Pull pork with two forks.
Step 7: Stir vinegar and juice of 1/2 of the remaining orange into the slow cooker. Season with salt, pepper and juice of remaining 1/2 orange to taste.
Step 8: Return pulled pork to slow cooker.
Step 9: Fluff up the rice and stir in the peas.
Step 10: Serve pork next to rice and top with extra cilantro.