How do you think this might taste? ISO help from seasoned meat cookers

[kwormann]

Im looking for a slow cooker 'thang and I was wondering how you think a marinade of lime juice, sesame oil and ginger would work. Would I cook the meat the entire time with the marinade? Do you think beef or pork would work better? Could I cook it all day? On what temp?

As you can see, I know very little about cooking meat.

Any help or suggestions you may have wil be helpful.

Thanks:D:(

[Jewel]

Depends on what type of meat I would think? If you're using pork or beef, then with sesame oil and ginger I'd also add a few splashes of low-sodium soy sauce to the marinade. Well, in my house it's more than a few splashes! Lime juice will help give it a bit of a Carribean flair. Citrus juice breaks down the fibers of the meat I've been told, which helps tenderize. No matter what type of meat you use, I'd make sure it's not an extremely lean cut, like sirloin roast or pork loin. Go for a chuck roast or a lean pork butt. I always stab the heck out of my roasts with a meat fork all over to help tenderize and help the marinade penetrate the meat also.

I always cook on the 'low' setting of my crockpot, I just think it helps the flavors meld together and makes it more tender. Keep in mind that whatever meat you use, you're going to increase the liquid in your cooker as it cooks, because the meat makes its own broth. If it's beef I always add a 1/2 cup of water, red wine or beef broth to the mixture before I turn it on to get it started and help keep it from scorching before it can make its own broth. If it's pork, I add water or a bit of wine. I've always used my marinades in my crockpot also!

Searing the meat on all sides first is a personal choice. Personally, I don't usually do it, but others have their reasons! As for cooking time, that's entirely dependent on the size of the roast and how tender it's getting! A good 3 or 4 lb chuck roast will cook at my house for about 9 hours before it starts falling apart. Pork a little less. Anyone else want to throw some tips in? Good luck Kim! Just keep the squid outta there... :p

[kwormann]

I wondered about changing the marinade to sesame oil, garlic, lime juice and ginger. Any thoughts on how that would taste? Could this be made in a crock pot?


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Twelve-Hour Roast Pork

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Serving Size : 15 Preparation Time :0:00
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Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 whole shoulder of pork with skin -- 7-9 lbs (order in advence)
12 cloves garlic -- finely chopped
16 oz fennel seed
salt and pepper
8 small dried red chilies -- crumbled
6 lemons -- juiced
4 Tablespoons olive oil
1 14 oz can chicken broth
2 lemons -- juiced

Preheat oven to 450

Score the entire skin of the shoulder by slicing deeply through the skin and into the meat. Continue scoring, making cuts 1/4 inch apart from one another.

Place the garlic, fennel seeds, salt and pepper to taste and chilies in the food processor. Pulse until all the seasonings are coarsly ground. Rub the mixture all over the skin of the pork and into the cut areas to cover all the surfaces of the meat.

Place the shoulder on a rack in a roasting pan and roast for 30 minutes or until the skin begins to crackle and brown. Loosen the shoulder from the bottom of the pan and pour half the lemon juice and 2 T of the olive oil over the pork.

Turn the oven temp to 250 and roast the pork for 12-18 hours. The pork becomes almost shredded, crispy on the outside and moist from the juices on the inside. Its ready when it is completely soft under the crisp skin.
You can tell by pushing with your finger, the meat will give and might fall off the bone. It will be cooked after 12 hours, 18 will make it crispier. Baste occasionaly with lemon juice and oilve oil.


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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 42 Calories; 4g Fat (64.3% calories
from fat); 1g Protein; 4g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 0mg
Cholesterol; 1mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Fat.


What do you think Jewel???? Dont worry, no squid in this recipe:D

[Searcher]

Hi! I checked a crock pot site (I think it was at www.about.com in the Southern section, then Crock Pot Cooking. They said that a low setting was 250º, so it might work, but you'd have to do the beginning of the recipe, the roasting part and you probably wouldn't get too crispy a roast at the end. And you'd have to watch it very carefully.