Spiced Crock Roast Recipes

SLOW-ROASTED SPICED PORK

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Test your oven with an oven thermometer to be sure it's accurate!
• Score the fat on the pork diagonally with a sharp knife in a crosshatch pattern. With a small paring knife, make a dozen 1/2-inch-deep cuts in the top and sides of the pork to allow the seasonings to permeate the meat.
• Place the garlic, onion, jalapeno, and oregano in a food processor and process until the ingredients are finely chopped. Add the cumin, chile powder, 1 tablespoon salt, and 1 1/2 teaspoons pepper and process for 30 seconds to make a paste. Add the vinegar and olive oil and process to incorporate. Rub the mixture all over the pork, including the sides and the bottom, and place the pork in a large roasting pan, fat side up. Pour 2 cups of the wine into the pan and cover the whole roasting pan tightly with aluminum foil. Roast for 2 1/2 hours, remove the foil, and roast for another 4 to 4 1/2 hours, until the meat is very, very tender when tested with a carving fork. Every 2 hours, add another cup of wine to keep some liquid in the pan.
• Remove the pan from the oven, cover it tightly with aluminum foil, and allow the meat to rest for 15 to 30 minutes. Slice, sprinkle with salt, and serve with lime wedges on the side.

SPICED CROCK ROAST

Steps:

• Place roast in the slow cooker.
• In a large bowl, combine the rest of the ingredients and pour over the roast. Cover and cook on low till meat is tender. Discard bay leaf. Thicken cooking juices if desired. Serve over noodles.

SPICED BEEF CROCK POT

Steps:

• Make shallow slits in the top of roast.
• Rub cracked pepper and garlic into roast.
• Combine other ingredients into a bowl-pour over the meat.
• Cover, cook on low 8 – 10 hours or high 4-5 hours.

SPICY CITRUS PORK ROAST (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Cook bacon until crisp in a skillet over medium high heat. Remove bacon pieces from skillet and set aside, leaving fat in skillet.
• In same pan, brown roast on all sides. Transfer to slow cooker.
• Remove all but 1 TB of bacon fat from pan. Reduce heat to medium. Add onions and cook, stirring, until slightly wilted.
• Add garlic, jalapeno, chili powder, salt, and pepper and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
• Sprinkle in flour and cook, stirring, one more minute.
• Add orange zest, juice, and bananas, and cook, stirring to scrape up any bits stuck to the skillet. Mash bananas into sauce as you stir (but it's OK if some chunks/slices remain - these will disintegrate during the slow cooking).
• Stir in bacon pieces. Pour contents of skillet over pork.
• Cover and cook on low for 8 hours. Note that the original recipe indicated that this could be cooked on high for 4-5 hours, but I'm afraid that my slow cooker would burn this due to the high sugar content of the fruit. You can use your judgment based on your knowledge of your slow cooker - I needed to save some time so I started on high for 1 hour and switched to low for 4 1/2 hours and it turned out perfectly.

SPICY SHREDDED MEXI BEEF ROAST (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Place beef roast in a 5-quart crock pot.
• Add in diced tomatoes with juice, spicy salsa (or chipotle sauce if using) jalapeno chilies, onion, garlic, chili powder, honey, salt and cumin.
• Pour in the beef broth; mix with a wooden spoon to combine and season with black pepper.
• Cover and cook on LOW until beef is tender when pierced with a fork (about 8-10 hours, cooking time will vary slightly depending on the size of your roast).
• If desired remove the lid and turn to HIGH for the last 30 minutes to allow the sauce to reduce and thicken.
• Season sauce with more salt if desired.
• Transfer the roast to a cutting board or large platter.
• Shred the meat using two heavy forks.
• Return the shredded meat to the slow cooker; cover and allow to warm.
• Serve in crusty buns.

SUPER EASY AND SPICY POT ROAST (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Cut roast into large chunks and place in crock pot.
• Mix soups and Rotel together and pour over roast.
• Cook on Low approximately 8 hours or on High for 5 hours, depending on your crock pot. I use an older pot that has settings from 1 to 6 -- and I set mine on 4.