Easy Tex-Mex Shredded Pork
 
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Flavorful, shredded pork perfect for all of your favorite Mexican Dishes. Made with just six ingredients: Rotel, garlic, lime, and salt and pepper.
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Recipe type: Pork
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients
  • 1 (5-6 lb) pork roast (I prefer picnic shoulder roast or any cut that has a little marbling)
  • 1 can Rotel, drained
  • 6-8 large cloves of garlic crushed or finely chopped
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • salt and pepper
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Salt and pepper the bottom of a dutch-oven-style pot. (See picture above.)
  3. Place pork roast in the pan and squeeze lime juice over the roast.
  4. Generously salt and pepper the roast (approx. 3-4 tsp of salt depending on size of roast).
  5. Spread crushed garlic over the salted roast, and then pour drained Rotel tomatoes over the garlic. If desired you can drizzle a little olive oil over the tomatoes (totally optional).
  6. Place roast uncovered into a 350-degree oven for 3½-4 hours.
  7. Remove from oven and shred meat.
  8. If roast produced juices, leave the meat in the juices that were created during cooking so it can soak up all of those delicious flavors. If it did not produce juices, add about ½-2/3 cup water and stir it around while scraping up all the concentrated yummy goodness on the bottom of the pan. Leave that flavorful liquid in the pan for the shredded meat to soak up.
  9. Serve meat with burrito bowls or in any of your favorite Mexican-inspired dishes.
  10. Freeze extra meat to use later or store leftovers in the fridge for up to 4 days.
Recipe by Real Life Dinner at https://reallifedinner.com/easy-tex-mex-shredded-pork/