Slow-Cooked Pork Tacos
Pork tacos are probably my favorite kind of taco. They are flavorful, juicy, and satisfying. Dive into this recipe and play the role of your very own taco maestro. Trust me, they are that good. I topped these beautiful pork tacos with homemade pico de gallo and Salsa Verde. Salsa Verde is traditional with pork tacos, and there's a reason, they marry perfectly together.
Equipment
- Crockpot
Ingredients
For the recipe:
- 4-5 pounds of pork shoulder
- 5 garlic cloves minced
- 1 lg white or yellow onion chopped
- 1 jalapeno chopped
- 1 Juice of a whole orange
Dry Rub:
- 1 tbsp chili powder
- 2 tbsp oregano
- 1 tbsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp salt + pepper
- 1 tbsp paprika
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp onion powder
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
Instructions
- First, you are going to mix together all your dry rub seasonings and set them aside.
- Unwrap your pork shoulder and pat it dry with a paper towel. Take your dry rub and graciously cover and rub your pork in it. Place straight into your slow cooker.
- *(You have an option here to also sear the pork on all sides in a pan with butter, olive oil or ghee). I started doing this, and it really elevated the recipe.
- Now it is time to chop your onion and jalapeno. You want the jalapeno chopped fine and the onion chopped small, but not too small.
- Add them to your crockpot, right on top of the pork.
- Then you can add the minced garlic and the juice of the orange.
- Give it a decent little mix and then close the lid of your slow cooker.
- Set the crockpot to low for 10 hours. Now, you can go about your day till it is ready to shred in the evening.
- Once it is time, you can start shredding your pork shoulder and tossing any excess fatty pieces.
- Then you are done, and your tacos are ready to be made!