Slow-Cooker Pork Tacos

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Recipe courtesy Food Network Magazine

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Total Time:
5 hr 36 min
Prep
25 min
Cook
5 hr 11 min
Yield:
about 8 servings
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

  • 3 whole ancho chiles
  • 3 whole pasilla chiles
  • 4 cloves garlic, unpeeled
  • 2 to 3 chipotles in adobo sauce
  • 1/2 medium white onion, roughly chopped
  • 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
  • Kosher salt
  • 2 teaspoons dried oregano, preferably Mexican
  • 3 3/4 cups low-sodium chicken broth
  • 4 pounds boneless pork shoulder (untrimmed), cut into chunks
  • Freshly ground pepper
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • Corn tortillas, warmed, for serving
  • Assorted taco toppings, for garnish

Directions

Put the ancho and pasilla chiles and the garlic in a bowl. Microwave on high until soft and pliable, 2 to 3 minutes. Stem and seed the chiles; peel the garlic. Transfer the chiles and garlic to a blender.

Add the chipotles, onion, 2 tablespoons olive oil, honey, vinegar, 1 tablespoon salt and the oregano to the blender; puree until smooth. Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over high heat; add the chile sauce and fry, stirring, until thick and fragrant, about 8 minutes. Pour in the broth and reduce until slightly thickened.

Season the pork all over with salt and pepper and transfer to a large slow cooker. Add the bay leaves and cinnamon stick, then pour in the sauce. Cover and cook on high until the meat is tender, about 5 hours. (Or cook the meat in a large Dutch oven, covered, for 1 hour 45 minutes at 350 degrees; uncover and cook 30 more minutes.)

Discard the bay leaves and cinnamon stick. Shred the pork with 2 forks; season with salt and pepper. Serve the shredded pork in the tortillas, along with toppings.

Photograph by Tina Rupp

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  • on February 19, 2012

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    FANTASTIC!!!!! Took only 4 1/2 hours for me. The pork just fell apart, the flavor was complex but still married very well! My roommate and I were blown away. I would change nothing ... I'm not sure the issue others had with the cinnamon stick, but I would not take it out. Just follow the recipe, they know what they are doing and tonight was one of the best homemade mexican dinners I have ever made.

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  • on February 17, 2012

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    I made this for a party and everyone asked for the recipe. Delicious!!

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  • on February 17, 2012

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    I used smoked sausage in mine. It was good but hard to keep lit.

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