Slow Cooker Spicy Pork

 

ME Recipe: Slow Cooker Spicy Pork I  don’t  really  love  to  spend  hours  in  the  kitchen  cooking  and  now  I’m  a  new  Mom  so   that  compounds  the  situation.    I  LOVE  cooking  in  a  crock  pot  and  the  easier  the  better.     This  is  a  tasty  and  super  quick  recipe  for  those  days  that  you  just  don’t  feel  like   cooking.    Best  part  is  it  looks  and  tastes  like  you  spent  hours  in  the  kitchen.  Yummy!     -­‐-­‐Emily     Ingredients:   • • • •

  Sauce   • • • • •  

2  lbs  of  Pork  Loin  or  Boston  Butt   1  tablespoon  coconut  or  olive  oil   1  yellow  onion,  sliced   2  cups  sliced  mushrooms   1  1/2  cups  green  or  red  salsa     1  1/2  cups  strained  tomatoes  (fresh  or  canned  diced)   1  tablespoon  Cumin   3  cloves  minced  garlic  or  2  tsp  bottled  minced  garlic   Sea  salt  and  black  pepper  to  taste  

Directions:   In  a  large  skillet,  heat  the  oil  over  medium  to  medium  high  heat.    Sprinkle  the  pork  on  all   sides  generously  with  salt  and  pepper  and  then  with  the  cumin  powder.    Use  your  fingers   to   rub   the   cumin   into   the   pork   loin.    Sear   the   cumin   spiced   pork   in   the   oil   for   about   3   minutes   per   side   or   until   the   pork   is   nice   and   brown   all   the   way   around.    Move   the   pork   from  the  skillet  to  the  slow  cooker  and  top  with  the  sliced  onions  and  mushrooms.    In  the   same   pan   that   you   seared   the   pork   in,   add   the   salsa,   strained   tomatoes,   the   1   tablespoon   of   cumin,  and  garlic,  and  whisk  together  until  bubbly.    Taste  and  season  with  salt  and  pepper   if   desired.    Pour   the   sauce   over   the   pork,   onions,   and   mushrooms   in   the   slow   cooker   and   cook  on  high  for  5-­‐6  hours  or  on  low  for  7-­‐8  hours.