Pork TortasLet me explain my question first and then I will give you the very yummy recipe.
I have a seminary student who I am told by his mother has "autistic tendencies" but I do not believe has been officially diagnosed with anything. He is very smart, but also difficult to handle in class. (He is also not medicated in any way) His behavior is disruptive but I am not ready to have him removed from class as when I look into his face I see a very sweet little boy. However, I do not know how to help him learn to behave in a way that does not cause chaos in the classroom. I know he can do better, as he was a little better earlier in the year, but it is now getting a bit out of control. Any ideas? Books? Articles?
And second . . .while my daughter was visiting we made very yummy carnitas to celebrate Mexican Independence Day. The recipe is easy, it just needs a lot of time to cook in the crock pot. You can use the meat for tacos, or burritos, but it is also very good for "tortas". To make tortas buy hard rolls and make sandwiches using the meat, salsa, refried beans lettuce and guacamole. Oh so delicious!!
1 teaspoon salt
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1 (4 pound) boneless pork shoulder or butt roast
2 bay leaves
2 cups chicken broth
Mix together salt, cumin, oregano, coriander, and chili powder in a bowl. Coat pork with the spice mixture. Place the bay leaves in the bottom of a slow cooker and place the pork on top. Pour the chicken broth around the sides of the pork, being careful not to rinse off the spice mixture.Cover and cook on Low until the pork shreds easily with a fork, about 10 hours. (Okay, so I actually had it on High for about 3-4 hours, then turned it on low until I needed to take it out so we could eat on time--probably an hour or two.)
When the pork is tender (and it was!), remove from slow cooker, and shred with two forks. Use cooking liquid as needed to moisten the meat. At this point, we spread the shredded meat on a cookie sheet, poured some of the cooking liquid on it, and roasted it in the oven at 400 degrees--for about 15 minutes. I am not really sure why that is part of the recipe, but we did it anyway. I saved some of the liquid to use on it afterwards though.
Enjoy!!
I have a seminary student who I am told by his mother has "autistic tendencies" but I do not believe has been officially diagnosed with anything. He is very smart, but also difficult to handle in class. (He is also not medicated in any way) His behavior is disruptive but I am not ready to have him removed from class as when I look into his face I see a very sweet little boy. However, I do not know how to help him learn to behave in a way that does not cause chaos in the classroom. I know he can do better, as he was a little better earlier in the year, but it is now getting a bit out of control. Any ideas? Books? Articles?
And second . . .while my daughter was visiting we made very yummy carnitas to celebrate Mexican Independence Day. The recipe is easy, it just needs a lot of time to cook in the crock pot. You can use the meat for tacos, or burritos, but it is also very good for "tortas". To make tortas buy hard rolls and make sandwiches using the meat, salsa, refried beans lettuce and guacamole. Oh so delicious!!
1 teaspoon salt
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1 (4 pound) boneless pork shoulder or butt roast
2 bay leaves
2 cups chicken broth
Mix together salt, cumin, oregano, coriander, and chili powder in a bowl. Coat pork with the spice mixture. Place the bay leaves in the bottom of a slow cooker and place the pork on top. Pour the chicken broth around the sides of the pork, being careful not to rinse off the spice mixture.Cover and cook on Low until the pork shreds easily with a fork, about 10 hours. (Okay, so I actually had it on High for about 3-4 hours, then turned it on low until I needed to take it out so we could eat on time--probably an hour or two.)
When the pork is tender (and it was!), remove from slow cooker, and shred with two forks. Use cooking liquid as needed to moisten the meat. At this point, we spread the shredded meat on a cookie sheet, poured some of the cooking liquid on it, and roasted it in the oven at 400 degrees--for about 15 minutes. I am not really sure why that is part of the recipe, but we did it anyway. I saved some of the liquid to use on it afterwards though.
Enjoy!!
