Slow Cooker Pork Tacos with Fresh Mango Salsa

Turn on the slow cooker on your way out the door.  Come home and spend 5 minutes throwing together this simple salsa, and you’ve got a healthy and flavorful meal in no time.  Taco night is all about the toppings…

  • 1 3 lb. pork shoulder
  • 2 t. cumin
  • 2 t. chili powder
  • 2 t. garlic powder
  • 2 t. salt
  • 1 t. pepper
  • 1 large yellow onion, quartered
  • 1 not-too-ripe mango, diced small
  • 1 jalapeno, diced small
  • zest and juice of 1 lime
  • 1 T. sugar
  • 1/2 t. salt
  • 4 green onions, minced
  • 1/2 C. fresh cilantro, chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • crumbled cotija cheese and corn tortillas for serving

Place the pork in the slow cooker and sprinkle the cumin, chili powder, garlic powder, salt, and pepper over it evenly.  Put the onion quarters around the outside of the pork.  Set the slow cooker to cook on low for 8 hours.  To make the salsa, toss all the other ingredients together in a bowl.  Taste and adjust seasonings.    Shred the pork with two large forks and serve on warm tortillas topped with mango salsa.

Advertisement

About swellkid recipes

I am a mother of two children, a wife, a teacher, and an avid home cook. These recipes are written, tested and created or adapted by me in my home kitchen. All photos were taken by me with my Canon Digital Rebel XT. No filters or Photoshop, usually natural light on my kitchen table. My motto is, if I can do it, you can do it!
This entry was posted in Gluten Free, Healthier Options, Quick Dinners and tagged , , , , , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s