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Sweet Slow Cooked Pork tacos with cilantro, sour cream, and lime.

Sweet Slow Cooked Pork

Bree Hester
4.50 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 8 hours
Additional Time 3 hours
Total Time 11 hours 20 minutes
Course main dish
Cuisine mexican inspired
Servings 10
Calories 686 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 6-8 pound pork shoulder bone in or bone out
  • 2 bottles root beer
  • 4 8-oz cans tomato sauce
  • 2 Tablespoons honey
  • 5 garlic cloves minced
  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon pepper
  • 4 teaspoons cumin
  • 20 Tortillas
  • 2 cups shredded cheese
  • cilantro
  • 1 cup sour cream

Instructions
 

  • Salt and pepper pork roast on both sides. Put in the slow cooker with about a cup or so of water. Cook on low for 8 hours or overnight.
    Salting and peppering a pork shoulder roast in a slow cooker with water for Sweet Slow Cooked Pork.
  • The next morning, drain out all of the water and remove as much fat (or bone if you have one) as you can from the pork. Shred with two forks.
    Shredding cooked pork for Sweet Slow Cooked Pork in a slow cooker.
  • Mix root beer, tomato sauce, honey, garlic, brown sugar, salt, pepper, and cumin.
    Mixing root beer, tomato sauce, honey, and spices for Sweet Slow Cooked Pork in a glass measuring cup.
  • Pour sauce over pork and cook on LOW for another 3 to 4 hours.
    Shredded sweet slow cooked pork simmering in a rich sauce in a slow cooker.
  • Heat tortillas in a 350-degree oven. Add some shredded cheese and melt. Add pork, cilantro, and sour cream. I like a squeeze of lime on mine to freshen it up.
    Sweet Slow Cooked Pork served on tortillas with melted cheese, cilantro, sour cream, and lime.

Nutrition

Calories: 686kcalCarbohydrates: 68gProtein: 43gFat: 26gSaturated Fat: 11gSodium: 845mgFiber: 2g
Keyword easy pork recipe, mexican style recipe, slow cooker, sweet slow cooked pork
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