Cola Braised Pulled-Pork Carnitas

This is another Crock pot recipe that I got from the October issue of Canadian Family. The butter chicken went so well that I must try this one.


Ingredients
1 tbsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
6 cloves garlic, minced
1 onion, chopped
2 cups cola (not diet), I've also heard of this being done with Root Beer
1/4 cups brown sugar
2 cinnamon sticks
1 tsp cumin
2 tsp chili powder
2 tsp dried oregano leaves
2 bay leaves
3 lbs boneless pork shoulder

Directions

• Add everything but the pork to the slow cooker. Stir to mix.
• Cut pork in half horizontally to lie flat. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer pork to slow cooker and set it to low for 8 hours or high for 5 hours.
• When done, carefully remove pork from cooker and keep warm.
• Separate the grease from the cooking liquid. Reduce liquid in a pot over high heat until thickened, about 10 minutes.
• Using two forks, pull the meat apart into shreds. Mix in some of the thickened cooking liquid until just moistened, then season with salt and pepper.
• Serve on warm soft tacos with salsa, avocado slices, chopped cilantro, and a squirt of lime juice.

Now, if you're going all out you might want to accompany this with some kicked up cole slaw and a Corona and have yourself a real fiesta.

Kicked up Cole Slaw

I got this recipe from Guy's Big Bite on the food network. It's easy and really good. The horse radish and dijon adds some nice kick.

Ingredients:
Cabbage (I bought a bag of cole slaw mix from the grocery store)
3 tbsp Mayo (I used lite mayo to save some calories)
3/4 tbsp horseradish (I love horseradish- if you're not a big fan you can keep it to 1/2 a tbsp)
3/4 tbsp Dijon mustard
2 tbsp white vinegar
1 tbsp sugar
2 grated carrots
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper

Directions
Mix all the wet ingredients
Poor over the cabbage and carrots and mix well.
Enjoy!