RECIPE: Slow Cooked Pork Tacos
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Celebrate National taco Day, October 4th, with this recipe from Melissa’s The Great Pepper Cookbook. Prep time is 30 minutes, total time is 3 hours, 50 minutes. The recipe is made in a Dutch oven, but you can easily make it in a slow cooker. RECIPE: SLOW-COOKED PORK TACOS Ingredients For 12 One-Cup Servings |
 [1] Slow-cooked pork tacos (photo courtesy Melissa’s).
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1. BRING 6 cups water just to boiling in a large saucepan. Add the dried chiles and cook, stirring often, for 5 minutes. Drain the chiles over a bowl and discard 2 cups of the chile water. Retain the remaining water and chiles. 2. HEAT the oil in a large straight-sided sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add the onion and garlic; cook, stirring often, for 5 minutes. 3. COMBINE the chiles and their water in a large bowl with the onion mixture, broth and next 5 ingredients (through cumin). Place half of chile mixture in a blender, taking special care: The hot food expands rapidly, causing a risk of scalding. To be safe, before blending remove the center piece of the blender lid to allow the steam to escape, secure the lid on the blender, and place a towel over opening in the lid to avoid splatters. Process until smooth. Repeat the procedure with the remaining chile mixture. 4. HEAT a Dutch oven over high heat. Add the pork, fat side down; cook until browned, turning several times, about 10 minutes. Stir in the chile mixture, and bring just to boiling. Reduce the heat and partially cover. Simmer until the pork easily pulls apart with a fork, about 3 to 4 hours. 5. REMOVE the pork from the heat and let it cool until it can be handled, about 30 minutes. Shred the pork and serve with the fixings with warm tortillas. Pork butt has nothing to do with the butt—the rear end or behind—of the pig. The rear of the pig becomes ham (including prosciutto and serrano hams). Instead, pork butt is a cut from the shoulder of the pig. But it isn’t the same as pork shoulder.
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