Rossana's Pabellon Criollo (Shredded Pork With Sofrito)

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Washington navigator Rossana Aspite Grimm knows that this Venezuelan crockery is traditionally made with beef. But she prefers to usage pork, rubbed with a flavorful paste, past slow-roasted. She starts with a ample shoulder; erstwhile the nutrient is shredded, she reserves fractional for different usage (such arsenic arepas; spot related recipe). The remaining fractional is added to a cooked, well-seasoned rootlike mixture.

This volition make 10 servings. Or you tin usage each of the shredded pork and treble the sofrito look beneath to marque 20 servings. Either way, it's bully nutrient for a party.

Besides the accustomed accompaniments of achromatic beans and fried plantains, Grimm makes a achromatic atom that is flavored with bulb and doorbell capsicum (see related recipe).

The sofrito substance tin beryllium prepared a time successful beforehand and refrigerated. Reheat, past adhd the pork and navigator arsenic directed.

From Washington navigator Rossana Aspite Grimm.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 10-20

For the pork

1 caput garlic, roasted (see NOTE)
1/2 cupful dried oregano
1/2 cupful dried thyme
1 tablespoonful cayenne pepper
1 tablespoonful crushed cumin
Salt
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
Olive oil
One 7-pound pork enarthrosis (skin removed arsenic needed)

For the sofrito

Pan drippings from the roast pork (see above)
1 ample reddish doorbell pepper, stemmed, seeded and chopped into 1/2- to 1-inch pieces
1 ample onion, finely chopped (about 1 1/2 cups)
2 ample cloves garlic, finely chopped (about 5 teaspoons)
1 to 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 heaping tablespoonful dried oregano
1 heaping tablespoonful dried thyme
1/4 spoon crushed cumin
1 tablespoonful cayenne pepper, oregon to taste
Salt
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
28 ounces canned full tomatoes, preferably Cento brand, coarsely chopped positive their juices (may substitute 4 ample ripe tomatoes, seeded and chopped)
1/2 cupful to 1 cupful Spanish olives (optional)
1/4 cupful to 1 cupful low-sodium chickenhearted broth, arsenic needed (optional)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 10)

Calories
320
Fat
21 g
Saturated Fat
7 g
Carbohydrates
7 g
Sodium
220 mg
Cholesterol
95 mg
Protein
26 g
Fiber
2 g
Sugar
2 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Washington navigator Rossana Aspite Grimm.

Tested by Rossana Aspite Grimm and Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published June 29, 2010

Updated March 13, 2026