Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Chile Verde

Craving an easy and flavorful meal? Try this pulled pork chile verde, made in the slow cooker. Tender pork and aromatic spices simmer together for hours, creating a mouthwatering dish that will satisfy your taste buds.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Chile Verde

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Total Time 10 5

Servings people

Calories 515kcal

Author Cathy Pollak

Ingredients

3 cups water
1 heaping tbsp. Better Than Bouillon - chicken flavor
1 tbsp. ground coriander
1 tbsp. ground oregano
2 tsp ground cumin
2 tsp onion powder
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp fine ground pepper
2 whole bay leaves
1 (8 lb) pork butt roast*
2 (28 oz.) cans green enchilada sauce, mild or medium

Instructions

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 butt in the liquid, cover and cook on low for 10 hours or on high for 6 hours. (Always check your pork for doneness with a temperature probe before turning off the slow cooker. You'll want your pork to be 190 degrees F to pull apart properly.
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.

Notes

*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.
Nutrition information is only an estimation and variation will occur based on the ingredients/brands you use. Assuming you remove most of the fat from the pork, calories are going to be a lot lighter than what's shown.

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