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Pulled Pork with a Citrus Twist

Delicious pulled pork :)
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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!