Pig Roast Tacos With Mojo Criollo
- Simple Roasted Pork Butt
- Mojo Criollo
- Pile of warm Reyna tortillas
- 2 ea. Avocados
- Thinly shaved cabbage
- Sliced fresh limes
- Lime wedges
- 1 ea. 3-4# piece pork butt (shoulder)
- 2 C. Sugar
- 2 C. Salt
- 1/2 C. Black pepper
- 5 ea. Peeled garlic
- 1 Tbs. Salt
- 1 C. Lime juice
- 1/2 C. Orange juice
- 1/2 ea. Jalapeno, seeded and minced
- 3/4 C. Grapeseed oil
- 1 Tbs. Sugar
- 2 Tbs. Mint leaves
- 1 ea. Lime, halved
- 2 oz. Cruzan light rum
- Ice
- 3-4 oz. Club soda
- Mint sprigs
- Lime wedges
- 1. Make Simple Roasted Pork Butt.
- 2. Make Mojo Criollo.
- 3. Place pork in tortillas with sliced avocados,
- cabbage, and lime.
- 4. Squeeze some lime and eat!
- Simple Roasted Pork Butt
- 1. Mix sugar, salt, and pepper in a mixing
- bowl.
- 2. Place pork butt in a baking dish. Rub cure
- mix into meat on all sides. Let pork butt sit
- in refrigerator overnight.
- 3. Scrape excess seasoning from pork butt.
- Remove pork butt from dish. Rinse dish.
- 4. Return pork to pan and place in a 300u0b0
- oven for 10-12 hours. The pork butt is
- ready when the bone pulls out of the meat
- easily.
- 5. Let pork rest at room temperature for 10
- minutes. Remove excess fat and bones
- while still very warm. You may want to
- wear rubber gloves.
- 6. Shred pork with your hands.
- Mojo Criollo
- 1. Peel garlic, smash with side of your knife.
- Pour salt over garlic and mince till a fine
- paste
- 2. Heat vegetable oil until almost smoking
- 3. Combine garlic, juices, and pepper and a
- bowl.
- 4. Drizzle juice into hot oil whisking
- vigorously.
- Mojito
- 1. Muddle together mint leaves and sugar.
- 2. Squeeze limes into mixture.
- 3. Add rum and ice. Shake well. Pour into
- rocks glass. Top with club soda.
- 4. Garnish with wedge and mint sprig.
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