Oh yeah, pulled pork with a citrus twist is yummy!
Pulled pork is so incredibly awesome, my family loves it! The only problem is that when I’m out of homemade barbeque sauce, most of the options at the store contain high fructose corn syrup, something I try to stay away from. So instead of BBQ pulled pork, I add a special CITRUS TWIST to ours, and it is incredible! We hope you enjoy this Pulled Pork with a Citrus Twist as much as we do!
Pulled Pork with a Citrus Twist
Delicious pulled pork 🙂
Ingredients
For the Meat
- 1 pork tenderloin
- 1 cup fresh orange juice (clementines or mandarins are acceptable substitutes) can use store bought, but it'll have sugars
- 2 Tbsp chopped fresh thyme if using dried, this may need to be cut to 1 Tbsp
- 1 tsp adobo sauce or spice optional
For the Sauce
- 1 12oz can black beans, mushed in a food processor or blender
- 1/2 cup fresh cup orange juice (again, clementine or mandarin juice is good too) again, can use store bought, but that will have sugars
- 1 Tbsp chopped fresh thyme
- 1 tsp adobo sauce or spice optional
For Serving
- tortillas use corn tortillas if you want it gluten free
- rolls we do rolls or burger buns for the kids
Instructions
For the Meat
- Cut any fat off the pork loin, chop into chunks, place in crock pot or in pot for the stove.
- Juice oranges for 1 cup of juice (about 3-4 oranges) and chop up the thyme.
- Add fresh orange juice, thyme, and adobo sauce (optional) to the crock pot or regular pot that already contains the pork loin. Add water to cover the meat.
- For crock pot, set to cook as usual, low setting if cooking all day, higher setting if cooking faster.
- For stove, place pot over low heat, cover, and let simmer (checking water level & stirring occasionally) for about 4-4.5 hours.
For the Sauce
- Put entire contents of black beans can in food processor to create a mush (consistency of refried beans).
- Scoop black beans into a bowl, add orange juice, thyme and adobo (optional). Mix well.
Meal completion
- Once the pork is done it should fall apart when poked with a fork. Remove pork from water mixture, toss water mixture. Pull the pork apart with 2 forks, this should be easy and should look like the pork in a regular barbeque pulled pork sandwich.
- Add the sauce to the pork. Stir well. Put entire mixture back on the stove over medium heat for about 5 minutes, just long enough to heat the sauce up.
- Serve on corn tortillas (gluten free) or sandwich rolls (not gluten free) with extra slices of orange or slices of lime. Enjoy!
