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Slow Cooker Salsa Verde Pulled Pork

Slow Cooker Salsa Verde Pulled Pork is so easy, so full of flavor, and so easy to repurpose into a number of other leftovers recipes! Enjoy. 🙂

This weekend, how about a super easy Crock-Pot recipe that makes a lot of leftovers? This savory Slow Cooker Salsa Verde Pulled Pork recipe (made here with ALDI’s Hatch + Green Chile Pepper Salsa!) sports so much flavor for such a simple meal, and leaves you with plenty of leftover pulled pork to re-purpose into any of a number of meals.

hatch valley salsa over the crock-pot

I used Hatch Valley + green chile pepper salsa here because it was seasonally stocked at ALDI around Cinco de Mayo. Use salsa verde if you prefer, or if that is more readily available near you. Trader Joe’s does carry a very good (and more authentic) Hatch Valley pepper salsa year-round, but note that it’s a smaller jar and different in texture — I did a little compare-and-contrast of Trader Joe’s vs. ALDI Hatch Valley Salsa last year that you might find useful. 🙂

With a smaller roast the salsa alone might do. Since mine was over 7 lbs, however, I also threw in a can of diced tomatoes with green chilies to help make sure that every bite was infused with flavor. The final salsa verde pulled pork came out tangy, but not overly spicy; the salsa and tomatoes are seasoning a whole lot of meat here.

As always, larger roasts will work much better in a larger Crock-Pot. I used a seven quart slow cooker for today’s recipe.

pulled pork tacos on a plate

My original plan was to make salsa verde pulled pork tacos on corn tortillas, but the few packs remaining at my store the other day were dried out and sad looking. So, we went with flour tortillas instead — because flexibility is key, right?

Slow Cooker Salsa Verde Pulled Pork

salsa verde pulled pork ingredients

Ingredients

One medium yellow onion, sliced into rings
6-7 lb pork butt (shoulder) — bone-in or boneless; this is forgiving
2 Tbsp chili powder
1 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp Kosher salt
1 Tbsp minced garlic (about 6 cloves)
16 oz jar Hatch Valley salsa or salsa verde
10 oz can diced tomatoes with green chilies (Rotel or similar)

Directions

Add onion to the bottom of your crock. Place pork shoulder on top of the onion (fat side down) and season it with chili powder, cumin, smoked paprika, and Kosher salt. Add the minced garlic to the top, then pour both the salsa verde and the diced tomatoes with green chilies over everything.

shredded salsa pork

Cook on low for 8-10 hours, then shred the pork, discarding the bone (if present) as well as the liquid and any large chunks of fat. You can shred the cooked onions right on in with the pork or discard, your choice. I left mine in for extra flavor — and after 10 hours in the Crock-Pot, the pork shredded super easily.

Serve your slow cooked salsa verde pulled pork with your favorite taco toppings: In tortillas, over rice, make a taco salad, make a burrito bowl, use on nachos… it’s versatile! Mine is shown here in flour tortillas with a little shredded cheese and guacamole, but it’s also very good on corn tortillas.

Note: The pulled pork itself is both low carb & gluten free, making the entire meal low carb/gluten free if you choose to make yours into, say, a taco salad.

Everyone likes this easy shredded pork taco dinner

slow cooker salsa pork tacos

An easy Crock-Pot dinner that everyone enjoys? Check! Lots of leftovers for use in future easy dinners? Check! What’s not to like? Throw just a few simple ingredients into your slow cooker before you leave for the day, and come back home to a hot fully-cooked meal: You’ll just need to take a few minutes to shred the pork, then add your favorite taco fixings.

Loving those leftovers

Easy Carnitas Stew

Speaking of flexibility, one of the best parts of a big slow cooker full of salsa verde pulled pork is the freedom it allows you in playing with different variations on the leftovers. I’ve already scratched up an awesome batch of oven-baked taquitos, and have a bag of blue corn tortilla chips in the cupboard that is just calling out to be made into nachos.

But, leftover salsa verde pulled pork really rocks in all sorts of recipes. Try it in anything from enchiladas to grilled cheese, or check out one of these recipe ideas:

Use your imagination, and eat well all week!

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Slow Cooker Salsa Verde Pulled Pork

This Slow Cooker Salsa Verde Pulled Pork recipe sports so much flavor for such a simple recipe, and leaves you you with plenty of leftovers to re-purpose into any of a number of meals.
Course dinner
Cuisine slow cooker
Keyword crock-pot, pork, pulled pork, salsa, slow cooker
Total Time 10 hours 25 minutes
Servings 12

Ingredients

  • One medium yellow onion sliced into rings
  • 6-7 lb pork butt shoulder — bone-in or boneless; this is forgiving
  • 2 Tbsp chili powder
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp Kosher salt
  • 1 Tbsp minced garlic about 6 cloves
  • 16 oz jar Hatch Valley salsa or salsa verde
  • 10 oz can diced tomatoes with green chilies Rotel or similar

Instructions

  • Add onion to the bottom of your crock. Place pork shoulder on top of the onion (fat side down) and season it with chili powder, cumin, smoked paprika, and Kosher salt. 
  • Add the minced garlic to the top, then pour both the salsa verde and the diced tomatoes with green chilies over everything.
  • Cook on low for 8-10 hours, then shred the pork, discarding the bone (if present) as well as the liquid and any large chunks of fat. You can shred the cooked onions right on in with the pork or discard, your choice. I left mine in for extra flavor — and after 10 hours in the Crock-Pot, the pork shredded super easily.
  • Serve your slow cooked salsa verde pulled pork with your favorite taco toppings: In tortillas, over rice, make a taco salad, make a burrito bowl, use on nachos… it's versatile! Mine is shown here in flour tortillas with a little shredded cheese and guacamole, but it's also very good on corn tortillas.

Notes

The pulled pork itself is both low carb & gluten free, making the entire meal low carb/gluten free if you choose to make yours into, say, a taco salad.

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Recipe Rating




Gina

Tuesday 11th of April 2023

Super easy recipe to follow, dump and forget. I've made this twice now, overnight and the house smells delightful in the morning. A family favorite! Thank you!

Deanne

Tuesday 27th of April 2021

I made this yesterday and my husband loved it! He was so surprised with the flavor. Also our 2 year old daughter loved it and couldn’t stop licking her fingers! Big hit and will be making again in the future!

Christamomof4

Thursday 6th of September 2018

I forgot To put it in the crockpot so I used The instapot and it completely, deliciously fell apart. ALL my kids ate it.

All. Of. My. Kids. Ate. It.

Let that sink in. Slowly. The child with autism, anxiety and ADHD who can’t have a cheeseburger unless it’s McDonalds... ate it. The undiagnosed child who knows if it’s anything but Kraft MAC and Chrese... are it. The anxious child who will eat anything ate it (that’s not impressive, I know). The ADHD child who can’t sit down and has random hate towards different meats and spices that never make any sense... ate it.

My entire family of 6 loved it and there are no more leftovers. WHAT?!?

Shut the front door amazingness is what this was. Hallelujah. Praise Mohammed. Thank you for a meal my entire family will eat and not say it smells like dog poop and tastes like dog food.

rachel

Saturday 8th of September 2018

This gladdens my heart -- I'm so happy to hear it! Thanks for sharing -- and no leftovers just means you need to make a bigger one next time. :)

Elizabeth

Tuesday 4th of September 2018

9 lbs of boneless pork butt picked up at Aldi's. 14 hours later, falling apart and yummy. Many leftovers and some for freezing. I would post a pic if I could figure that out. Flour tortillas, guac spread out on it, pulled pork and sprinkle of feta.

Randi

Sunday 2nd of September 2018

Total hit at my house! Super yummy, super easy and it made my whole smell delish. Just what a I needed for a laid back Sunday.