Slow Cooker Salsa Pulled Pork Tacos

I’ve got a fun recipe for you today. My family loves Mexican food. We could Mexican every night of the week. Well, maybe every other. We need to make room for Italian and Mediterranean too. The great thing about Mexican is how little effort it takes to taste delicious. Take these Slow Cooker Salsa Pork Tacos for instance. They could not be any easier.

Why You’ll Love Them:

Everybody loves carnitas, don’t they? Okay, I know that’s true. My daughter doesn’t eat these slow cooker salsa pork tacos. She’s a vegetarian. But now worries, I’ve got tons of veggie taco options coming soon. She enjoyed cauliflower tacos while the meat eaters devoured the carnitas.

Slow cooker salsa pork tacos are so easy to make All you need are a couple of pork loins, a jar of salsa, and a slow cooker. That’s it!

Well, you also need tortillas. And toppings. But you can go as simple or as crazy as you want to.

One of my favorite things about tacos is how customizable they are. Everyone can add their favorite ingredients to have a a delicious dinner that tastes perfect to them.

How to Make Slow Cooker Salsa Pork Tacos

This is a hands off recipe. At least until the last thirty minutes. It’s perfect for busy weeknights, baseball games, or summer weekends when you’d rather be outside playing n the sunshine than inside cooking dinner.

You start with two pork loins, trimmed of fat. Most supermarket pork loins are between 2-3 pounds. That’s about enough for 2-4 people, so I suggest you make two. It doesn’t take any more work to double this recipe and nobody wants to be fighting over the last pork taco. Even if your family is on the small side, I still recommend making two pork loins. You are definitely going to want leftovers.

I like to line my crock pot with a slow cooker liner. It just makes clean up smooch easier. No scrubbing off stuck on salsa. Pour a jar of salsa over the pork and turn the slow cooker on low.

You can use whatever salsa is your favorite. We love Paul Newman’s medium salsa. But sometimes I just buy whatever kind coms in a big jar. You really do to sue the whole 24 ounces if you are making two pork loins. I would caution you against using fresh salsa. You know, the kind you can buy in a plastic container in the deli. Freshly made supermarket salsa is too watery. You want a nice thick salsa to cook the pork in.

The recipe says to cook the salsa for 6-8 hours. But longer is okay. The salsa keeps the pork tender and flavorful. So if you want to throw this in the morning and you don’t get back home until 6 or 7 pm, no worries. You just want the pork to be so tender that it basically falls apart when you shred it with two forks.

When the pork is done, heat up your tortillas in the over. You can use corn or flour. My favorite tortillas are the flour tortillas from Trader Joe’s. But, sadly, I don’t live that close to Trader Joe’s so usually we buy Mission Low Carb tortillas. My family isn’t a fan of corn tortillas.

Top your tortillas with some yellow rice (recipe coming soon, but honestly I often just use this Vigo from the grocery store), corn, tomatoes, onions, avocado, shredded cabbage or lettuce, and/or cheddar cheese. Just pick your favorite toppings and load those pork tacos up.

Enjoy!

Another great thing about these pork tacos, any tacos really, is you really can’t make them wrong. Can’t find pork loin? No worries! You can make them with tenderloin or pork roast. Salsa and a slow cooker are very forgiving!

You can sub any kind of rice for the yellow rice. Often we do a lime garlic rice. And sometimes I just boil up some white rice. You can even skip it altogether.

The same goes for any of the toppings. Just pick your favorites! Did I forget something you really love? Add it!

I always encourage you to make my recipes yours! And these pork tacos are especially good for personalization.

Just please, please, please promise me you will make enough for leftovers! Leftover pork tacos are even better than the first night.

Happy Eating!

P.S. This would go amazing with my Raw Honey Margaritas. Just sayin’.