This garlic and citrus Slow Cooker Cuban Pork (Mojo Pork) is tender and flavorful! Excellent, along with rice for a complete meal. Slow cooked to perfection and a perfect meal to change up your menu plan.

If you want to use your slow cooker for another Cuban recipe, try my ropa vieja recipe, or slow cooker cuban sandwiches for a flavor explosion!

Why You’ll Love This Cuban Pulled Pork Recipe

I recently tried Slow Cooker Mojo Pork for the first time at a potluck. I didn’t realize I needed a new recipe for pork until that day. The Cuban pork roast has an excellent citrus and garlic flavor, which is different from other shredded pork recipes. This recipe has ten garlic cloves in it and smells great while cooking.

It’s so easy to make and will taste like hours of labor and love went into it when, in fact, it’s a dump-and-go with the slow cooker doing the rest! Get ready for great tasting Cuban sandwiches or a meal suggested below.

Recipe Ingredients

• Pork Shoulder – This is often labeled as a pork butt or Boston butt. It has plenty of fat and flavor. (we also use this cut in our slow cooker pulled pork recipe).
• Citrus – You will need fresh orange juice, lemon juice, and fresh lime juice for this recipe. You will need one of each of these citrus fruits.
• Mojo seasonings – Garlic, oregano, cumin, salt, and pepper
• Olive oil – The olive oil, along with the citrus and mojo seasonings, creates a beautiful marinade for the porks (marinates while it cooks).
• Onion – Cut the onion into rounds instead of half rounds for this Cuban pork recipe.

Step-by-Step Directions

Step One – Add the pork shoulder to the crock pot. Cut small slits into the pork with a knife. Doing this will allow the entire pork to be flavored with the sauce.

Step Two – To a large bowl, add the olive oil, then cut the lemon, lime, and orange in half. Squeeze the juice out of the citrus into the bowl. Add the oregano, cumin, garlic, salt, and pepper. Whisk until combined. Pour this citrus juice mixture (Cuban mojo sauce) over the pork roast.

Step Three – Add the sliced onion rounds on top. Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook on LOW for 10 hours, until fall apart tender.

Step Four – Shred the pork and remove any bones from the cooking liquid. Serve pork with black beans and rice, and enjoy!

What goes well with Mojo Pork?

• Cuban Black Beans – Make a big pot of black beans to serve with this pulled pork, and you will have something great in the fridge to eat all week! (try my slow cooker black beans)
• Yellow Rice – I find packaged yellow rice mix at my grocery store! It has a fantastic flavor for a packaged rice! You can make Spanish rice or white steamed rice if you can’t find it. Cilantro lime rice is another great recipe to make for this.
• Fried Plantains – While the average home cook may not make fried plantains, you may want to try it out if you want the whole Cuban experience.
• Lime Wedges – I like to serve Cuban mojo pork with fresh lime wedges; lime juice really brightens the pulled pork.
• Mojo Pork Tacos – Yes, I know, this is not a Mexican meal, but you can make the BEST tacos with Mojo pork, just wrap the shredded pork and onions up in charred corn tortillas.
• Toppings – Chopped cilantro, red pepper flakes, a dash of ground oregano, and sliced lime wedges.

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