How To Smoke Cuban Style Pork

pork shoulder

🥗Healthier: chicken thighs

💰Cheaper: pork loin

Chicken thighs are lower in fat and cost less than pork shoulder.

black beans

🥗Healthier: lentils

💰Cheaper: canned beans

Lentils are high in protein and cheaper than dried black beans.

white rice

🥗Healthier: brown rice

💰Cheaper: quinoa

Brown rice offers more fiber and nutrients than white rice.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil has a higher smoke point and is healthier.

Poke holes all over the pork shoulder with a knife to allow marinade to penetrate.

Inject minced garlic into the pork shoulder using a marinade injector.

Fill the injector with naranja agria and inject it into the pork shoulder.

Pour the remaining naranja agria into a pan with the pork and refrigerate overnight.

Prepare a rub with 1/4 cup kosher salt, an equal amount of black pepper, 1 tablespoon onion powder, and 2 teaspoons cumin.

Mix the rub ingredients together and rub them all over the pork shoulder.

Place the pork shoulder on the grill with a drip pan of water underneath.

Smoke the pork shoulder for 3 hours at a low temperature.

After 3 hours, place the pork shoulder in a pan and pour beer over it, covering it with foil.

Insert a thermometer into the deepest part of the pork and return it to the grill for another 5 hours until it reaches 190°F (88°C).

Once done, pull the pork off the grill and shred it for sandwiches.

Serve the pulled pork on a sandwich with barbecue sauce and sliced red onion.

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