Green Chile Pork Tacos Recipes

GREEN CHILI PORK CARNITAS TACOS

Steps:

• Heat large skillet to high heat. Add oil and heat for 1-2 minutes.
• Add pork loin roast and cook for 5 minutes per side, until golden brown.
• Once seared, place pork roast into slow cooker or instapot.
• Top with onion, jalapenos, green chilies, garlic salt, pepper, and cumin powder. Rub on pork.
• Pour in orange juice and lime juice.
• Cook on low for 8 hours or on high for approximately 5 hours.
• Once pork is perfectly cooked, use two forks to shred into bite size pieces. Taste and salt and pepper to taste.
• To assemble tacos: place pork carnitas in corn tortillas and top with queso fresco cheese, guacamole, and cilantro. Optional: tomatillo salsa

SLOW-COOKER GREEN CHILE PORK TACOS

Steps:

• In 12-inch skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add pork roast pieces. Cook 6 to 8 minutes, turning occasionally, until well browned on all sides.
• In 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker, place pork. Add water to skillet; cook over medium heat 2 to 3 minutes, scraping up browned bits. Pour over pork. Top pork with taco seasoning mix and chiles.
• Cover and cook on Low heat setting 7 to 8 hours.
• Remove pork from cooker to cutting board. Pull pork into bite-size chunks, using 2 forks. Return pork to juices in cooker.
• Place cheese and salsa in separate serving bowls. On serving platter, arrange cheese, salsa, tomato, cilantro and lime pieces. Warm tortillas as directed on package. Spoon pork onto tortillas, using slotted spoon; top with cheese, tomato, cilantro and salsa. Squeeze lime juice over fillings. Fold tortillas in half over filling.

SLOW COOKER PORK GREEN CHILI

Steps:

• Rub the inside of a slow cooker with about 1 tablespoon oil and turn on Low heat.
• Mix salt, black pepper, garlic powder, paprika, 1 teaspoon cumin, onion powder, chili powder, and cayenne pepper together in a bowl. Rub spice mixture all over pork. Top pork with cornstarch and pat in to coat completely.
• Heat remaining oil in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Sear pork in the hot oil on all sides until almost black, about 5 minutes. Transfer seared pork to the slow cooker.
• Reduce heat to medium and pour beef stock into the skillet. Whisk until boiling, scraping up browned bits, about 5 minutes. Boil gently for 3 to 4 minutes more. Strain stock into the slow cooker. Add salsa, Hatch chiles, diced tomatoes, and potatoes.
• Combine tomatillos, 1/2 the cilantro, jalapeno pepper, Anaheim pepper, serrano pepper, remaining cumin, and liquid smoke in a blender. Blend on high power and add to slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on Low for 8 hours.
• Remove pork from slow cooker and shred using 2 forks. Return meat to slow cooker. Season with additional salt and pepper.
• Serve chili in bowls with Mexican cheese, sour cream, and remaining cilantro.

GREEN CHILE SHREDDED PORK

Steps:

• Place pork in a 5- or 6-qt. slow cooker. In a small bowl, mix cider, green chiles, garlic, salt, pepper sauce, chili powder, pepper, cumin and oregano; pour over pork. Cook, covered, on low 6-8 hours or until meat is tender., Remove roast; cool slightly. Shred pork with two forks. Return to slow cooker; heat through. Using tongs, serve pork in tortillas with toppings as desired.