Easy Instant Pot Tips
The Instant Pot makes pulled pork pretty effortless, but we do have a few tips from our recipe testing to make sure you get tender, shreddable mojo pork every time.
- Cut your pork into 2×2 inch cubes. This helps the pork cook a little quicker and ensures it will come out fall-apart tender.
- Brown the pork pieces in the Instant Pot or using a separate pan (or both). This will lock in the meat juices for more flavorful pork.
- Use fresh squeezed orange juice and lemon juice for the mojo marinade, it really makes a difference!
- Dump everything in the Instant Pot and sit back and wait for some delicious mojo pork :).
Note – The instructions are the same if using the Slow Cooker, you’ll just let it cook slow and low for 8-10 hours.
Looking for more citrusy pulled pork? Check out our Instant Pot Carnitas!
How to serve this cuban flavored pulled pork
There are SO many things you can do with this mojo pork! I bet you can even get more creative than us!
Here are a few ideas for serving:
- In tacos (duh!)
- As a bowl meal with greens or your favorite veggies
- Scrambled up with some eggs
- In a sandwich
- With some pan fried plantains
- With some creamy coleslaw
What our readers are saying
Such an easy recipe and results in the most flavorful, versatile shredded pork. My mouth is watering just thinking about it!!
Jess
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Marinated Instant Pot Mojo Pulled Pork
Ingredients
- 3 lbs pork shoulder or butt, cut into 2 inch cubes
- 1 onion, diced
- 6 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed
- 3/4 cup fresh squeezed orange juice, about 2 oranges
- 1/4 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice, about 2 lemons
- 1 tbsp cumin
- 1 tbsp oregano
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground pepper
- 2 tbsp ghee, (or other cooking oil)
For topping/serving:
- romaine lettuce, (or sub Siete Tortillas or other sturdy lettuce)
- cilantro
- avocado
- jalapenos, sliced
- lemon/lime wedges
- diced red onion
Equipment
Instructions
For the Instant Pot:
- Cut pork into cubes and set aside. Prep onion and garlic as noted.
- Combine orange juice, lemon juice, cumin, oregano, salt and pepper powder in a bowl or jar and mix well.
- Press the sauté button on the instant pot and add ghee. Once hot, add in the pork and brown it on all sides. Press cancel on the instant pot once the pork is browned.
- Pour the juice/seasoning mixture all over the pork cubes and add in the diced onion and garlic.
- Secure the lid on the instant pot and close the pressure valve. Press the “manual” button (or “pressure cook” button) and set the time to cook for 30 minutes at high pressure. Once the time is up, let the pressure naturally release on its own for 20 minutes.
- Manually release any remaining pressure and remove the lid. Shred the pork with two forks.
- Serve the mojo pork in lettuce wedges or tortillas with your favorite toppings. Spoon some of the extra sauce from the instant pot over the pork for serving.
For the slow cooker:
- Follow steps 1 & 2 above.
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat and add ghee. Once hot, add in the pork and brown it on all sides (you may need to do this in batches). Remove pork and place it in the slow cooker.
- Pour the juice/seasoning mixture all over the pork cubes and add in the diced onion and garlic.
- Cook on low for 8-10 hours. Remove the lid and shred the pork with two forks.
- Serve the mojo pork in lettuce wedges or tortillas with your favorite toppings. Spoon some of the extra sauce from the instant pot over the pork for serving.
Notes
Delicious and easy to make. I love the citrus flavors with the pork.
I served this in romaine lettuce leaves with chopped red onion and lime wedges.
Yum!
Another hit for you! Thanks so much for sharing! We love the citrus flavors with pork, too. 🙂
Such an easy recipe and results in the most flavorful, versatile shredded pork. My mouth is watering just thinking about it!!
Fabulous recipe for burrito bowls. Prepared it ahead of time and froze it to serve at a family beach trip. Everyone loved it.
So happy to hear it was a hit! Thanks for trying our recipe and sharing it at your family beach trip! We’ve used this one for family beach trips, too! Everyone can use it how they want for tacos, salads, bowls, etc. Thanks again!
Hope you enjoy it as much we do! 🙂
Delicious served on lettuce with toppings of avocado, cilantro and lime. Even the non paleo family members that ate it with flour tortillas loved it! It’s a keeper!
Of note I made it in slow cooker!
So happy to hear it was a hit all around! Thanks for giving our recipe a try and also for coming back to leave a rating and review. We appreciate it! 🙂
Thanks for the quick reply! Spread over 8 servings should keep the numbers down. I guess I didn’t notice how many servings! It looks delicious and I want to try this over the weekend!
We hope you give it a try! It’s a favorite at our house. Let us know what you think if you do! 🙂
I have a question on the carb count for this dish. I am just wondering how the grams can be so low per serving (5 g) with all that citrus juice, or do you serve this without the juice. I saw another recipe for chicken that said 2 carbs when the dish had 75 carbs in the juice alone. Thank you.
Hi Gail – All of our nutrition amounts are estimates and per serving. The count is lower because all that juice is being spread out over 8 servings. However, if you are really needing the lowest carb option you could cook the meat in the juice for the flavor and discard the juice after cooking. Hopefully this helps.
I enjoyed this pork at a friend’s house. We used the leftover pork to make some amazing breakfast tacos. I loved it so much I had to go get a Boston butt to cook this way for my family. Yummy stuff!
Breakfast tacos sound delicious! Thanks for coming back to leave a rating and review, we really appreciate it 🙂
This was our 3rd recipe from this site. My wife and I enjoyed this recipe a lot. Not quite what we get in Mexico, but quick and easy and tasty. Enjoying everything we have tried so far from here. I made tacos with corn tortillas and cojita cheese.
We’re so glad to hear you and your wife enjoyed this one and have tried a few recipes so far! Thanks so much for coming back to leave a review. We appreciate it!
Hello fresh and flavorful Tacos! We were so satisfied with the way this meat turned out! I love using all the fresh ingredients and enjoying the meat in a taco or a baked sweet potato 🙂
My cousin, who can be a picky eater, RAVED about how much she liked these. She enjoyed this as a pork slider.
Wonderful, simple recipe and it produces a LOT of delicious, juicy meat!
Thanks so much!
Yay!! We are so happy this one was such a hit! We love it, too! Thanks so much for giving our recipes a try! We’re so grateful we get to connect with you!
So easy to make and very flavorful! I’ve had another crockpot recipe before for pork tacos and my bf prefers this recipe time and time again… and me too! ?
Hooray! We love hearing that! And your tacos looked great on IG too! Thanks so much for sharing and coming back to leave a rating and comment too! We appreciate it! 🙂