If you love tacos, you’ll LOVE these Cilantro Lime Pork Tacos! Simple to prepare using the slow cooker and packed with flavor!!
Cilantro Lime Pork Tacos
A few days ago, I decided to cook a pork loin in the slow cooker to enjoy for dinner. My original plan was to use the pork for sliders, but throughout the day, I developed a craving for tacos and decided to go that route!
Once the pork was cooked and shredded, the sauce came together in no time using my food processor!
I had some fresh cilantro on hand thanks to our Aero Garden, so I decided to enhance these by making a Cilantro Lime Ranch sauce to drizzle on top.
Typically, I love loaded tacos with lots of toppings. However, since I made the sauce to go over these, we decided to keep it simple and use shredded cheese only.
If you want to load them up with avocado, tomatoes, sour cream, and more…. feel free!
This recipe uses a pork loin, minimum two pounds, so you will definitely have leftover meat to use up. We chose to make nachos the next night, which were incredible, Ground Beef Nachos, but used the pork.
Since tacos tend to use chicken or beef most of the time, this is a great way to change it up!
Serve some Mexican Rice (Restaurant-Style Mexican Rice or Instant Pot Mexican Rice) and perhaps even some refried beans (the best refried beans) with the tacos to make it a complete meal!
Skip going out for tacos and make these delicious Cilantro Lime Pork Tacos in the comfort of your own home! These may just surprise you and taste better than restaurant quality!
Be sure to check out my other taco recipes too for lots of variety and skip buying taco seasoning, make your own homemade taco seasoning!
Ingredients needed for Cilantro Lime Pork Tacos
Pork Loin- I use a 3lb loin, try to stay around that size
Coke
Brown Sugar
Green Chiles
Taco Sauce
Taco Seasoning- 1 package or homemade taco seasoning recipe
Salsa Verde
Ranch Mix
Cilantro- chopped
Mayonnaise
Sour Cream
Salt
Cumin
Lime Juice- fresh is best
Tortillas- I use corn, but flour works great too
Toppings of Choice- cheese, avocado, tomatoes, olives, jalapeno slices, etc.
How to prepare:
Other Slow Cooker recipes to try:
Cilantro Lime Pork Taco Topping options:
- Shredded Cheese
- Jalapeno Slices
- Diced Avocadoes
- Chopped Tomatoes
- Sour Cream
- Salsa
- Black Olives
Be sure to keep me posted what you think if you try these! Come tag me on Instagram #thecookinchicks so I can see your tasty creations too!
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Cilantro Lime Pork Tacos
Ingredients
PORK
- 3 lb pork loin
- 2 cups coke
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 4 oz green chiles
- 12 oz taco sauce
- 2 tablespoon taco seasoning *one packet or see homemade recipe link above
CILANTRO LIME SAUCE
- 1 cup salsa verde
- 1 packet ranch dressing mix
- ⅓ cup cilantro
- ⅓ cup mayonnaise
- ⅓ cup sour cream
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- tortillas *corn or flour
- Mexican cheese, shredded
Instructions
- Place pork in slow cooker.
- In small mixing bowl, combine the coke, brown sugar, green chiles, taco sauce, and taco seasoning.
- Pour mixture evenly over the pork loin and cook on low for about 7-8 hours, or until pork easily shreds.
- Once cooked, shred pork and remove any fat.
- In a food processor, add the salsa verde, ranch mix, cilantro, mayonnaise, sour cream, salt, lime juice, and cumin.
- Pulse until combined.
- To serve, add desired amount of pork to a tortilla and drizzle sauce on top, followed by shredded cheese and any other toppings desired.
Nutrition
April says
I made this recipe yesterday, and they were divine! Flavorful and easy to make, too!
Kristin Hayes says
Love hearing this! Glad you enjoyed!
Catalina says
I made these for taco night and they were a big hit. Fresh, zesty, and full of flavor!
Kristin Hayes says
SO yummy!!
Amy says
Slow cooker magic right here! The cilantro lime ranch sauce totally makes these tacos restaurant-worthy.
Kristin Hayes says
Soooo tasty!! Glad you enjoyed!!
Maria says
I didn’t have tortillas, so I used hamburger buns. Still delicious!
Kristin Hayes says
That’s a fun option too!! Glad you enjoyed!
Beth says
I love how packed with authentic flavor these are. The sauce really made them pop.
Kristin Hayes says
Glad you enjoyed!! Can’t beat a good taco!!