Shredded or Pulled Pork

Name: Shredded or Pulled Pork (Ropa Vieja de Cerdo)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Cuban
Ingredients: 3 pounds pork shoulder, also known as Boston butt (request a tough cut of meat from the butcher); 2 onions, chopped; 1 bay leaf; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 red bell pepper, chopped; 6 tomatoes, skin removed, chopped and drained, align with others; 3 carrots, chopped into ½-inch pieces; 10 cloves garlic, peeled; 1 teaspoon black pepper, or more to taste; 4 fresh basil leaves, chopped; 1 750 ml bottle red wine; 1 tablespoon ground oregano; 1 tablespoon ground cumin; 1 tablespoon salt, or more to taste

Ropa Vieja de Cerdo

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Complex

Appears in

A Taste of Cuba

By Cynthia Carris Alonso

Published 2018

About

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
10 cloves garlic, peeled
6 toma

Americas
Cuba
Stew
Main course
Gluten-free
Caribbean

Method

Heat a large frying pan over high heat and add the olive oil. Mince or press 4 of the garlic cloves and add to the hot oil. Lower the heat to medium and sauté the garlic for 3 minutes. Add the drained tomato pulp and basil leaves and cook, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes over medium heat.

Rub the outside of the pork all over with the cumin, oregano, salt, and pepper. (Do not trim