Slow-Cooker Puerto Rican Pernil With Pique Criollo Recipe

• 1 cup distilled white vinegar
• 1/2 cup distilled water
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon fresh-squeezed lime juice
• 2 habaneros, halved, seeds and stems removed
• 2 jalapenos, halved lengthwise
• 2 serrano peppers, halved lengthwise
• 1/4 cup finely diced, fresh pineapple
• 5 cloves garlic, peeled and halved
• 1/4 teaspoon black peppercorns
• 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
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• 8 cloves garlic, smashed
• 1/4 cup fresh oregano leaves
• 1 1/2 tablespoons kosher salt
• 1 tablespoon freshly cracked pepper
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 4 tablespoons distilled white vinegar, divided use
• 1 (5- to- 6-pound) bone-in pork shoulder, preferable with fat left on
• 1 cup water

1. Combine all ingredients for hot sauce in a large, 32-ounce Mason jar. Seal tightly with lid and place in a cool, dark place to macerate for 2- to-3 days.
2. To make the rub, bash together garlic, oregano and salt using a mortar and pestle. Add vegetable oil and 2 tablespoons vinegar and thoroughly combine.
3. Mark pork in a crosshatch pattern 1/4" into the meat, using a sharp knife. Rub all over with prepared paste. Place meat on a large platter. Cover and transfer to the refrigerator to marinate overnight.
4. Remove meat from the refrigerator and transfer to the bowl of a slow cooker, placing it fat-side up. Add water and remaining 2 tablespoons vinegar. Cover and cook on low for 18 hours, turning once.
5. When meat is nicely browned and fall-apart tender, transfer to a cutting board to rest for 20 minutes. Cut or pull apart pork in hunks and serve immediately with prepared hot sauce.

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Taken from www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/09/puerto-rican-pernil-slow-cooker-recipe.html (may not work)