Slow Cooked Carnitas Tacos and Carnitas Tostaditas

Slow Cooked Carnitas Tacos are made with juicy shredded pork, tender tomatoes and chilies, and tangy lime juice. If you've got extra meat, try these Carnitas Tostaditas as an appetizer too!

Course Dinner

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword crock pot carnitas, slow cooker carnitas recipe, slow cooker pulled pork tacos

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 6

Total Time 6 5

Servings

Calories 170kcal

Ingredients

For the Carnitas Tacos

1 ½ pounds pork shoulder roast or pork butt
1 cup water
pinch of salt
pinch of pepper
1 small onion thinly sliced
1 can Rotel tomatoes with chilies mild version
¼ cup chopped cilantro
¼ cup white onion finely chopped
pinch of salt to taste
½ fresh juice of 1 lime
white or corn fajita size tortillas
lettuce
cheese
tomato

For the Carnitas Tostaditas

tortilla chips of choice I love the multigrain Tostadas
Carnitas pork recipe from above
small dollops of sour cream
small dices of tomato
pinches of shredded cheddar cheese

Instructions

For the Carnitas Tacos

Place roast in crockpot, pour water in the crockpot, season roast with salt, pepper and add onion slices. Cook on low for 6-10 hours (I start it right before bed and it's finished in the morning). When completely tender, remove from crock pot, discard juices, de-fat, shred and place back into crock-pot.
Stir in tomatoes, cilantro, onion, salt and lime juice. Keep on warm until ready to serve.
Spoon carnita meat into tortillas and top with lettuce, cheese and tomato.

For the Carnitas Tostaditas

Place small portion of carnitas meat onto center of tortilla chips. Top with dollops of sour cream, cheese and tomato. Serve immediately.

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