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Sweet and spicy slow cooked barbacao pork sweetened with brown sugar, cola, chipotle chilies, green chilies, cumin and spices. Delicious over cilantro lime rice and black beans.
Yield: 10
4.84 from 6 votes

Slow Cooked Sweet Barbacoa Pork

Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 5 hrs
Marinate Time: 2 hrs
Total Time: 7 hrs 5 mins
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Mexican
Sweet and spicy slow cooked barbacao pork sweetened with brown sugar, cola, chipotle chilies, green chilies, cumin and spices. Delicious over cilantro lime rice and black beans.

Ingredients

For the Marinade:

  • 2.5 lbs pork loin roast (all fat trimmed)
  • salt and pepper
  • garlic powder
  • 6 oz Coke zero
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar (unpacked)
  • 1/4 cup water
  • Step 2
  • 8 oz Coke zero
  • 6 oz can sliced green chilies
  • 8 oz tomato sauce
  • 1 chipotle chile in adobo sauce
  • 1/8 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/8 tsp cumin
  • 1/8 tsp chipotle chili powder (to taste)
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar (unpacked)

Instructions

  • Season pork with salt, pepper and garlic powder and place in the crock pot.
  • Add 6 oz of coke and 1/4 cup of brown sugar. Marinate refrigerated for a few hours or overnight turning meat at least once while marinating.
  • Remove crock from refrigerator, add water, and cook on high for about 3-4 hours (or until it shreds easily).
  • Remove pork from crock pot and discard any liquid left in the pot. Shred pork with two forks.
  • STEP TWO: In the crock pot, combine 8 oz coke, green chilies, tomato sauce, chipotle chile, garlic powder, cumin, chipotle chili powder and remaining brown sugar.
  • Put shredded pork back in the crock pot and combine with sauce. Adjust salt and pepper to taste, cover and cook on high 1-1/2 hours more.

Notes

Adapted from Favorite Family Recipes

Nutrition

Serving: 3oz, Calories: 202.5kcal, Carbohydrates: 11.5g, Protein: 26g, Fat: 6.5g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Cholesterol: 66mg, Sodium: 11.5mg, Fiber: 0.5g, Sugar: 10g
WW Points Plus: 5