Slow-Cooked Pork Tacos with Fire-Roasted Tomatoes and Pickled Onions

Gluten Free
Very Healthy
Health score
69%
Slow-Cooked Pork Tacos with Fire-Roasted Tomatoes and Pickled Onions
630 min.
6
849kcal

Suggestions

Ingredients

  •  avocados peeled thinly sliced
  • teaspoon pepper black freshly ground
  •  to 2 chipotle peppers roughly chopped
  • 0.3 cup cilantro leaves chopped
  • servings cilantro leaves chopped for garnish
  • 24  corn tortillas 
  • 15 ounce canned tomatoes fire roasted canned
  •  garlic cloves crushed
  • small cabbage shredded green
  • teaspoon kosher salt 
  • servings pickled onions red
  • teaspoon oregano dried
  • pound boston butt pork shoulder 
  •  onion red thinly sliced
  • pinch pepper flakes red
  • teaspoons salt 
  • 16 ounce cup heavy whipping cream sour
  • tablespoons sugar 
  • 0.5 cup vinegar white
  • tablespoons worcestershire sauce 
  •  onion yellow roughly chopped

Equipment

  • sauce pan
  • slow cooker

Directions

  1. Watch how to make this recipe.
  2. To the sleeve of a slow cooker add onion, garlic, tomatoes, chipotle peppers, Worcestershire sauce, and cilantro.
  3. Add pork and season with salt and pepper. Cover and slow cook on high for 4 to 6 hours until tender.
  4. In a small saucepan over medium heat, add vinegar, sugar, red pepper flakes and salt, heat until sugar dissolves.
  5. Remove from heat and add onions and dried oregano. When mixture is cool pour into a quart container. You may need to add a bit of water just to cover. (Keep at room temperature for about 6 hours then place in the refrigerator.)
  6. Remove pork from slow cooker and shred using 2 forks. Toss with 1/2 cup of the liquid from the slow cooker.
  7. To serve, place 1/4 cup of the pork on a tortilla, top with cabbage, avocado, onions, sour cream and cilantro. Repeat with remaining ingredients.

Nutrition Facts

Calories849kcal
Protein22.19%
Fat42.62%
Carbs35.19%

Properties

Glycemic Index
77.77
Glycemic Load
26.05
Inflammation Score
-9
Nutrition Score
47.183913106504%

Flavonoids

Cyanidin
0.22mg
Epicatechin
0.25mg
Epigallocatechin 3-gallate
0.1mg
Apigenin
0.1mg
Luteolin
0.13mg
Isorhamnetin
1.89mg
Kaempferol
0.46mg
Myricetin
0.03mg
Quercetin
8.4mg

Nutrients percent of daily need

Calories:848.59kcal
42.43%
Fat:40.91g
62.93%
Saturated Fat:14.17g
88.59%
Carbohydrates:75.99g
25.33%
Net Carbohydrates:60.18g
21.89%
Sugar:16.06g
17.85%
Cholesterol:168.19mg
56.06%
Sodium:1586.01mg
68.96%
Alcohol:0g
100%
Alcohol %:0%
100%
Protein:47.92g
95.84%
Vitamin B1:1.89mg
125.72%
Vitamin K:110.88µg
105.6%
Selenium:64.72µg
92.45%
Phosphorus:840.55mg
84.05%
Vitamin B6:1.41mg
70.38%
Vitamin C:57.74mg
69.98%
Fiber:15.81g
63.24%
Vitamin B3:11.08mg
55.4%
Vitamin B2:0.93mg
54.8%
Zinc:8.16mg
54.38%
Potassium:1562.23mg
44.64%
Magnesium:161.58mg
40.39%
Manganese:0.8mg
39.89%
Folate:133.37µg
33.34%
Vitamin B5:3.13mg
31.31%
Iron:5.48mg
30.44%
Calcium:289.26mg
28.93%
Vitamin B12:1.71µg
28.47%
Copper:0.54mg
27.13%
Vitamin A:1051.55IU
21.03%
Vitamin E:2.25mg
14.98%