The most flavorful dinner you can make tonight, this Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Chile Verde is a family favorite. It’s mild enough for the whole family to enjoy. Place it in a warm tortilla with all your favorite toppings and enjoy.
Seriously folks what is with all the bad weather in the U.S.? I’m tooling around on Facebook and I feel like I’ve been living everyone’s bad weather, including my own. So much snow everywhere. Let’s hope Spring comes a little early this year.
All these gloomy days means the slow cooker has been earning its keep. We’ve been enjoying these Slow Cooker Mexican Beans as well as these Slow Cooker Braised Chicken, Onion and Cheese Sandwiches as much as possible. BUT…this Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Chile Verde is something I’ve been working on and today it was finally perfect, which is why I’m sharing it with you.
My goals for this recipe were straightforward. I wanted a dish that made enough food for several meals, reheated well, was lower in calories and a version even picky eater kids would eat and love. All were accomplished!
In regards to meal times, my older son is easier to please than his younger sibling. Let’s just say I have a real critic when it comes to what the younger one wants to or will eat. But he loved this. I purposefully made it mild enough so the kids would enjoy it. You can do the same and add hot sauce to get the heat you prefer or use a spicier sauce to begin with. It’s up to you.
The kids enjoyed eating this with tortilla chips and my husband and I made “sloppy tacos” with sour cream, lime juice, green Tabasco and avocados. They were delicious.
Three years ago I made these Pomegranate-Balsamic Glazed Carrots and they are such the perfect side dish for so many dinners. Four years ago this Egg Foo Yong made my life and five years ago this Cherry-Pineapple-Cinnamon Crunch Cake had me wishing for a second piece!
Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Chile Verde
Ingredients
- 3 cups water
- 4 teaspoons chicken bouillon powder or 4 bouillon cubes
- 1 Tablespoon ground coriander
- 1 Tablespoon ground oregano
- 2 teaspoons cumin
- 2 teaspoons onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon fine ground pepper
- 2 whole bay leaves
- 1 (8 lb) pork butt roast*
- 2 (28 ounce) cans green enchilada sauce (mild or medium depending on what heat level you prefer)
Directions
- In a 7 quart slow cooker add water, bouillon, coriander, oregano, cumin, onion powder, garlic powder, pepper and bay leaves. Stir to combine. Place pork but in the liquid, cover and cook on low for 10 hours.
- Remove meat from the slow cooker. Pull apart meat and shred with two forks, removing all fat. Discard all juice from the slow cooker basin (you could strain this stock and use it later for another recipe, removing all settled fat on the top).
- Without cleaning the slow cooker basin, place the pulled meat back inside and pour enchilada sauce over the top. Stir to combine and cook on high for one more hour.
- Serve as tacos, with tortilla chips or by itself. Perfect condiments are squeezes of lime juice, sour cream, avocado and green Tabasco.
- *If you use a smaller pork butt, use 7 ounces of enchilada sauce per pound of pork. You also might be able to cook it in a shorter amount of time. For example, if I had a 6 pound roast I would have cooked it for 8 hours. Anything smaller maybe 6-7 but not below 6 hours. You could also slightly decrease the spices but it's not necessary.