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Southwestern Slow Cooker Boneless Pork

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 3 days 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 20 minutes
Servings 6

Equipment

  • Slow Cooker

Ingredients
  

  • 3 lbs boneless pork butt country ribs (or pork butt/shoulder cut into 2 inch thick long strips)
  • 1 Tbsp chili powder
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 1 Tbsp vegetable or olive oil
  • 1 1/2 onions chopped large
  • 1 Tbsp flour
  • 15 -oz can tomato sauce
  • 2 tsp minced canned chipotle chili in adobo sauce
  • 3 Tbsp minced fresh cilantro or parsley

Instructions
 

  • Combine chili powder, oregano, salt and pepper in a bowl. Pat pork dry with paper towels. Separate spice mixture in half, and rub half of spice mixture onto the pork. Heat oil in a large pan and brown the pork on all sides. Remove to a plate.
  • In the same skillet, add onions and and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until softened and browned, about 8 minutes. Stir in flour and remaining spice mixture, and cook about 1 minute until fragrant. Add tomato sauce and chipotle, scraping up any browned bits, and cook until it starts thicken, about 1-2 minutes . Pour mixture into slow cooker.
  • Nestle pork into the liquid in the slow cooker. Cook on low for 7-8 hours, or on high 4-5 hours, until a fork slips easily in and out of the pork and it is pull apart tender.
  • Remove pork to a cutting board and let rest 15 minutes. Slice to serve. If desired, strain the sauce including solids into a fat separator and let sit until fat separates. Combine defatted sauce, solids and cilantro or parsley and spoon over pork before serving.
  • Enjoy!