This recipe fits my definition of a crock pot recipe...just throw in a few ingredients and forget about it! Leave the meat in the crock pot, and let everyone make their own taco at your Super Bowl party. My Southwest Salad is the perfect side dish for Pork Carnitas Tacos.
Prep Time5minutes
Cook Time7hours
Total Time7hours5minutes
Servings8
AuthorKristl Story, TheBudgetDiet.com
Ingredients
1, 15oz.can enchilada saucedivided
1/2cupfrozen chopped green bell pepper
1/2cupfrozen chopped onion
1/2cupfresh cilantrochopped
3lb.pork shoulder
1packet taco seasoning or 2 tablespoons of The Budget Diet's Homemade Taco Seasoninggo to recipes at the top of this page
flour tortillas or white corn tortillas
Instructions
Pour half of the enchilada sauce in the crock pot.
Mix in the green bell pepper, onion and cilantro.
Lay the pork should on top of the sauce mixture.
Sprinkle the pork with the taco seasoning.
Cook on low 6 - 8 hours or until the meat shreds easily with the back of a spoon.
Drain.
Shred meat using the back of a spoon.
Add the remaining enchilada sauce and set crock pot to "warm" until ready to serve.