Crock Pot Pork Verde
Our newly updated Crock Pot Pork Verde is an easy, flavorful meal of tender pork cooked in our fresh, flavorful homemade salsa verde. Perfect to serve in tacos, over rice, or on nachos, this pork verde is a family favorite!
Remember that uber-fresh Salsa Verde we made? Confession: its only purpose was to add some homemade flair to one of my husband’s favorite meals, our Crock Pot Pork Verde! It’s one of our favorite ways to cook pork, because it’s so versatile! It’s delicious in burritos, tacos, served over rice with a side of beans, or (one of our favorites) in our Mini Sweet Pepper Nacos! It’s a cook once, enjoy so many different way, kind of a meal.
Ingredients Needed
- Pork – Pork loin or shoulder is best for this recipe.
- Salsa Verde – While of course you can use your favorite jarred option, trust me, you’re going to want to make your own!
- Salt – To season the pork!
Step-by-Step Instructions
Sear Pork
The first step, and one that adds a ton of flavor so you don’t want to skip it, is searing the pork. Just a couple of minutes on each side until you have a nice brown sear that’ll add a ton of flavor!
Dump and Go
Then it’s just a matter of dump-and-go! Season the pork with some salt and then add that fresh salsa verde and set it and forget it!
Done! Crock Pot Pork Verde that will make your house smell amazing!
Now it’s ready for any way you want to enjoy it. In tacos, in a burrito, over some rice, over a salad, or as an added protein to your favorite nachos. No matter how you choose to enjoy it, trust us, you will!
Serve It With
- Rice
- Fresh Corn Tortillas
- Fresh Flour Tortillas
- Refried Beans From Scratch
- Roasted Tomato Salsa
- Mexican Street Corn Salad
- Mexican Corb Ribs
Enjoy! As always, if you make this recipe or any of my others, I love to hear what you think! Leave a comment below, email me, or you can find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest!
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Crock Pot Pork Verde
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 lbs boneless pork loin or shoulder
- 2 cups Salsa Verde
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
Instructions
- Prep and Sear Pork: Trim the excess fat off the pork shoulder and pat dry. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add a tablespoon of olive oil or other high smoke point oil (like vegetable oil). Sear on each side for 3-4 minutes to form a golden brown crust.
- Slow Cook: Add the seared pork to a crock pot or slow cooker and season with salt. Add salsa verde and cover and cook on low for 6-8 hrs or on high for 4-5 hrs.
- Shred: Once done, remove crock pot lid and shred pork.
- Serve and Enjoy!
Made this yesterday for an easy meal while everyone had to work and then get out the door for the kiddos Christmas concert and it was delicious. I ended up cubing the pork to 1″ and then frying over high great in batches. Between each match I deglazed the pan with beef stick and added that to the crock pot as well. Highly recommend!
Love to hear it, Dan! Thanks so much for sharing those great tasty tips!
this didnt work in the inatant pot for me. it just gave me a burn notification and i was very careful to make sure the bottom of the pot was clean. the salsa was too thick to come to pressure. i transferred to the oven so hopefully that works better but maybe just use water, broth or beer in the instant pot.
Hi Wanda, I’m so sorry to hear that. Did you use a store bought salsa verde or our homemade version?
Hi. I am going to make this tonight.
You say cube the park, what size cubes work best for this recipe?
Thank you!
1-2 inch cubes work great! Enjoy!
Thank you! This recipe is awesome. Making again tonight!
Hooray!! Love to hear it, Laura! Thanks so much for sharing!
This sounds incredible! I can already smell the deliciousness. Have never made green salsa before so need to give that a go as well!
Thank you so much, Vicky! 😀
YUM!!! Ok again…YUM! This looks incredible! Plus I love the ease of a crockpot! Trying this for sure!
Haha thanks so much, Nellie! 🙂
What a light and wonderful crock pot creation! We love salsa verde and this looks like a perfect combination!
Thanks so much!
This pork looks delicious and it is so easy to make
Thank you! It is 🙂
Oh i love a crockpot (or slow cooker as we call them) recipe. This sounds delicious.
Thank you! 😀