Winter cookbook: Slow Cooker Cuban style pork and black bean stew recipe

This is probably the best this dish has ever turned out for me. The flavor was excellent!

For everything you need to make it, shop your local Meijer.

• canola or vegetable oil
• 1 small pork roast, trimmed and cut into chunks
• 1 onion, chopped
• 3-4 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 T Adobo seasoning (I used my homemade)
• 1 t each: oregano and cumin
• 4 cups water
• 1 cup dried black beans
• fresh lime juice to taste
• fresh cilantro leaves, snipped, to serve

1. Heat a large soup pot or Dutch oven over medium high heat. Add a little oil.
2. Add pork chunks and brown. Stir in onion and cook about 5 minutes. Stir in garlic, Adobo and spices, and cook another minute or so.
3. Increase heat to high and add water and beans; bring to a simmer.
4. Carefully add mixture to a slow cooker. Cover and cook on high 1 hour. Reduce heat to low and cook on low 4 hours, or til beans are tender. Stir in lime juice. Taste and adjust as desired.