IS BARBACOA PORK RECIPES

This is an easy version of a popular dish at a local restaurant. Put it in the slow cooker before you leave for work, and come home to delicious pork for tacos or salads. Serve with rice, tortillas, salad, and rolls.

Provided by jackson187

Categories     Main Dishes    Pork    Pulled Pork

Total Time 9 hours 10 minutes

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 9 hours 0 minutes

Yield 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : Calories 250 calories, CarbohydrateContent 26.9 g, CholesterolContent 44.5 mg, FatContent 10.6 g, FiberContent 0.3 g, ProteinContent 11.8 g, SaturatedFatContent 3.9 g, SodiumContent 582.4 mg, SugarContent 25.4 g

When I worked at TWO Urban Licks in Atlanta, most of the crew was Hispanic. Every Saturday, one of the cooks would bring in barbacoa tacos he bought from a guy named Manuel out on Buford Highway. Manuel sold these barbecued goat tacos right out of his apartment with a soccer game on in the background and his family milling about. This kind of Mexican barbecue isn’t smoky. It tastes more steamed because the meat is cooked in a pit in the ground. Everyone knows Mexican tacos can be dry, but Manuel’s were moist and juicy, with spices like clove, allspice, and cinnamon along with hot peppers. I loved them. I’ve stayed true to Manuel’s flavors here, but I use pork instead of goat, wrap it up in foil, and then bake it until it’s tender enough to shred. If you have a pit in your backyard, have at it. But the foil-and-oven method works great. The meat is delicious in tacos. — Kevin Gillespie, author of Pure Pork Awesomeness.

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 8

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 serving, Calories 457 calories, SugarContent 0.5 g, FatContent 34 g, CarbohydrateContent 2 g, CholesterolContent 134 mg, FiberContent 0.6 g, ProteinContent 33 g, SaturatedFatContent 12 g, SodiumContent 472 mg