Slow Cooker Pork Tacos with Mexican Coleslaw

The juiciest Slow Cooker Pork Tacos! No marinating, just make a simple spice rub and toss it in the crock pot. Then top it off with a homemade Mexican coleslaw that you are going to LOVE!

⏱ 270 min 🔨 Prep 30min 🔥 Cook 240min 📊 Hard 🍽 6 servings 👁 9
Slow Cooker Pork Tacos with Mexican Coleslaw

Ingredients

6 servings

Instructions

  1. Pat the pork tenderloin dry with a paper towel and place in your crock pot.
  2. In a small bowl, combine salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika, smoked paprika, crushed red pepper, dried minced onions, dried mustard, and chili powder.
  3. Rub the meat all over with the spices. Add the bay leaf and chicken broth, making sure not to rinse off all the spices you just rubbed in. Pour it on the side.
  4. Cook on high for 4-5 hours or on low for 7-8 hours.
  5. Remove from the slow cooker and shred on a platter or plate. Drizzle with the juices left in the crock pot. Keep warm until you're ready to serve.
  6. Meanwhile, prepare the coleslaw. Shred the cabbage into very thin slices. (Click here to see how I shred cabbage) Add the cabbage to a large bowl and set aside.
  7. The dressing needs to be blended, so you can either do it in the blender (see step 8) or use an immersion blender, which is what I did. I used a mason jar: add the egg and egg yolk to the jar. Add the avocado oil, red wine vinegar, and 1 and 1/2 teaspoons salt. Push the immersion blender all the way down to blend the eggs first, and pull it upward as you blend. Keep pulsing and moving up and down until the mixture looks like mayonnaise. (Hint: it is mayonnaise :) 
  8. To make this in a regular blender, add the egg, egg yolk, red wine vinegar, and 1 and 1/2 teaspoons salt. Blend on low. Remove the small lid on top and slowly pour in the avocado oil while it is blending, until it looks like mayonnaise.
  9. Add the jalapeno, cilantro, red onion, and lime juice to the jar or blender. Blend until combined and smooth.
  10. Add about 2/3 of the dressing to the cabbage and stir it together. Reserve the remaining dressing to drizzle over the tacos. You can make this coleslaw a day ahead of time; keep covered in the fridge.
  11. To prepare the tortillas, you have a few options. You can either fry them in little bit of oil, about 30-50 seconds per side (heat on medium). Or you can char them over a gas stove, as I have done for the photos: Place one corn tortilla directly over the gas flame, and turn frequently with tongs. Keep going until brown spots appear, then flip the tortilla and repeat on the other side. Wrap the tortilla in a damp tea towel to steam it, adding tortillas as you go and wrapping it tightly each time. Or, the easiest way to prepare corn tortillas is to wrap a stack of 4 tortillas at a time in a damp paper towel and microwave in 30 second increments until soft and pliable.  
  12. To serve the tacos, fill a tortilla with pork, and top with Mexican coleslaw, radishes, and cilantro. Squeeze a lime over the top and drizzle with the remaining dressing. Devour!
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Nutrition per serving

625kcal

💰 Cost Estimate

Total Ingredients
$3717.00
Per Serving
$620.00/serving
🏠 Savings
~$7434.00 vs buying!
📋 Price Breakdown (85% ingredients detected)
IngredientAmountSubtotal
pork tenderloin 2 lbs $220.00
& 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 $20.00
black pepper 0.5 tsp $11.00
garlic powder 1 tsp $7.00
paprika 0.5 tsp $13.00
smoked paprika 0.5 tsp $25.00
crushed red pepper 0.25 tsp $6.00
dried minced onions 1 tsp $2.00
dried mustard 0.5 tsp $2.00
chili powder 0.5 tsp $9.00
bay leaf 1 $1779.00
chicken broth 0.5 cup $20.00
green cabbage 1 head $11.00
egg 1 $55.00
egg yolk 1 $55.00
avocado oil* 1 cup $177.00
& 1/2 tablespoons red wine vinegar 1 $32.00
& 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 $20.00
jalapeno 1 $107.00
cilantro 0.5 bunch $99.00
red onion 0.25 large $17.00
juice from 1 lime 1 l $1030.00
corn tortillas - -
radishes - -
more cilantro - -
extra limes - -

*Estimated market prices, may vary by region

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Slow Cooker Pork Tacos with Mexican Coleslaw

Ingredients:
  • 2 lbs pork tenderloin
  • 1 & 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/2 tsp paprika
  • 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
  • 1 tsp dried minced onions
  • 1/2 tsp dried mustard
  • 1/2 tsp chili powder
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/2 cup chicken broth
  • 1 head green cabbage (shredded)
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 cup avocado oil*
  • 1 & 1/2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
  • 1 & 1/2 teaspoons salt (more to taste)
  • 1 jalapeno (seeded and roughly chopped)
  • 1/2 bunch cilantro (big fistful)
  • 1/4 large red onion (roughly chopped)
  • juice from 1 lime
  • corn tortillas
  • radishes (thinly sliced)
  • more cilantro (chopped)
  • extra limes (quartered (to squeeze over tacos))

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