Faux Pork Mole

Again, continuing on my theme of getting things done ahead of time, this recipe is one that you can do all day and it will be great. It's adapted from Lynn Rosetto Casper's Splendid Table (splendidtable.org).

You'll need:
One Boston Butt (pork shoulder) bone in
Two ancho chilis
Some cocoa powder
Some garlic powder
Some salt
Some cayenne pepper
Some brown sugar

A dutch oven
Some aluminum foil

Some good tortillas
An avocado or two
A sweet onion, chopped
Maybe some cheese (mexican cheese would be best)

Cut open the chillis and remove the stems and the seeds. Then put them into a clean coffee grinder and grind them into a powder and put the powder into a small bowl. Add to that an equal part of cocoa and brown sugar. Then about a tablespoon each of garlic powder, salt and cayenne. Rub this all over the pork and let it stand for about an hour. Preheat the oven to 275 (yes, 275). Put the pork in the dutch oven cover it with foil. Then put foil over the top of the dutch oven and put on the lid. Cook for ever. 3-4 hours or longer.

Here's what I did. I put it in the oven at about 8 or 8:30. Then I put my oldest son to bed and fell asleep with him. I woke up at 4 in the morning and thought, "Oh, shucks!" (or something like that) "The pork is still in the oven!" I hustled downstairs and got it out of the oven. It was just fine. I let it cool. Then I shredded the meat (the shoulder bone just came out by itself). I haven't tried this but you could do this in the crockpot.

Assemble a taco with the tortillas, avocado, onion, maybe a little of the juice from the pork and maybe some cheese. Serve with refritos and rice and you're in heaven.