Slow Cooked

Slow Cooker Pork Shoulder Adobo

A delicious balance of salty and savoury, this Filipino classic is a hearty dish the whole family will love. Recipe courtesy of Bunny Eats Design.

Easy
6
20 mins
8 hours

2kg New Zealand pork shoulder, bone in

1 Tbsp cooking oil

2 onions, chopped

1 Tbsp whole black peppercorns

1 c white vinegar

½ c light soy sauce

1 Tbsp dark soy sauce

3 Tbsp soft brown sugar

8 cloves garlic, sliced

5 dried bay leaves

To serve: spring onion, cucumber slices and rice

Ingredients

2kg New Zealand pork shoulder, bone in

1 Tbsp cooking oil

2 onions, chopped

1 Tbsp whole black peppercorns

1 c white vinegar

½ c light soy sauce

1 Tbsp dark soy sauce

3 Tbsp soft brown sugar

8 cloves garlic, sliced

5 dried bay leaves

To serve: spring onion, cucumber slices and rice

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Prepare the ingredients

Using a sharp knife, carefully remove the skin from the pork shoulder, leaving behind some fat. Cut around any bone and discard. Cut the remaining pork into 4cm cubes. 

Place a frying pan on the stove and bring to medium high heat. Add 1 Tbsp cooking oil and fry the pork pieces, in 2 batches, for 5 minutes until browned on all sides. Remove pork pieces from pan and set aside.

Add onions to pan and fry for 2-3 minutes. Set aside the fried onions.

Place black peppercorns in a mortar and pestle and pound until peppercorns are crushed and broken. If you do not have a mortar and pestle, leave the peppercorns whole. Do not use ground black pepper.

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Assemble ingredients in slow cooker

Add to the slow cooker the crushed peppercorns, white vinegar, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce and soft brown sugar. Stir until the sugar has dissolved.

Add garlic, bay leaves, pork and onions. Stir to combine. Resist the temptation to add water. Liquid will be released while cooking. You do not need to add more liquid. 

Cover with lid and cook for 8 hours on low setting or 5 hours on high setting.

 

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Serve

Serve with steamed rice and cucumber slices. Garnish with spring onion.

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Slow Cooker Pork Shoulder Adobo

A delicious balance of salty and savoury, this Filipino classic is a hearty dish the whole family will love. Recipe courtesy of Bunny Eats Design.

20 mins | 8 hours
Easy
6

2kg New Zealand pork shoulder, bone in

1 Tbsp cooking oil

2 onions, chopped

1 Tbsp whole black peppercorns

1 c white vinegar

½ c light soy sauce

1 Tbsp dark soy sauce

3 Tbsp soft brown sugar

8 cloves garlic, sliced

5 dried bay leaves

To serve: spring onion, cucumber slices and rice

01
Prepare the ingredients

Using a sharp knife, carefully remove the skin from the pork shoulder, leaving behind some fat. Cut around any bone and discard. Cut the remaining pork into 4cm cubes. 

Place a frying pan on the stove and bring to medium high heat. Add 1 Tbsp cooking oil and fry the pork pieces, in 2 batches, for 5 minutes until browned on all sides. Remove pork pieces from pan and set aside.

Add onions to pan and fry for 2-3 minutes. Set aside the fried onions.

Place black peppercorns in a mortar and pestle and pound until peppercorns are crushed and broken. If you do not have a mortar and pestle, leave the peppercorns whole. Do not use ground black pepper.

02
Assemble ingredients in slow cooker

Add to the slow cooker the crushed peppercorns, white vinegar, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce and soft brown sugar. Stir until the sugar has dissolved.

Add garlic, bay leaves, pork and onions. Stir to combine. Resist the temptation to add water. Liquid will be released while cooking. You do not need to add more liquid. 

Cover with lid and cook for 8 hours on low setting or 5 hours on high setting.

 

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Serve

Serve with steamed rice and cucumber slices. Garnish with spring onion.

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