cubanos
I double-booked the Crock-Pot today. I had some broth simmering in the 6 quart pot since about 6pm last night, and today I was planning to make these Slow Cooked Cuban Sandwich. So I just heated up the oven and put the broth in there with the crock covered in foil. The broth lost a lot of liquid in the oven though, so I took it out a couple hours early and vowed not to do that again.
I cut the pork butt in 4 pieces because it was still a little frozen inside. Despite that, the pork cooked up beautifully in the allotted 6 hours in the 4 quart pot. I'm glad I decided to do this on a weekend so I was able to flip it halfway through and stop it after 6 hours. Cubanos are a crazy amount of work. I cooked the pork in the slow cooker, we pickled the red onions, and because we only had pickle spears, we also had to slice those. Then DH assembled the sandwiches and did the pressing and grilling. Very involved process, but SO good!
I'm looking for other recipes I want to try in the slow cooker, specifically a good chili recipe because DH specifically requested some. I haven't found one yet, but I did find a very handy dried bean conversion, since I'd really like to use less canned (and less processed foods in general) goods from now on. The bottom line is that 3/4 cup of dried beans = 1 can of beans.