A Dinnertime Treat!
Taco Tuesday only comes around once a week on Instagram, but having a huge batch of pork shoulder you just slow cooked can make it a breeze to have tacos every night of the week!
During a recent shopping trip to our favorite mall, we passed by a kitchen store we’d never noticed before. Thinking it’d be the perfect opportunity to snag a slow cooker, we went inside and inquired about them. Turns out, the store was having a 20% off sale on certain items, our bright red slow cooker included! So with bags of summer clothes in tow, we stored our slow cooker in the car and made our way home, getting inspired by Pinterest’s overwhelming amount of slow cooker recipes.
Our first recipe idea was a basic version of pulled pork with tons of spices. And since we were overflowing with low carb wraps, we decided to use some up in a Keto Pulled Pork Tacos recipe!
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The bulk of the prep laid in the slow cooking of course. That took about 10 hours, but with the slow cooker, we were free to do whatever we wanted during those 10 hours (which was mostly sleep, since we let it run overnight). That morning, we woke up to the sweet, sweet smell of delicious braising meat. So instead of our usual breakfast of scrambled eggs, cheese and bacon, we quickly whipped up some Pulled Pork Tacos.
The assembly is up to you! We chose to layer on pork, shredded cheese, guacamole from a few nights before, sour cream and cilantro – keeping it classic. These turned out quite heavy, but we each scarfed down 2 tacos.
Note: our nutritional information reflects what we estimate we added to these tacos. Each assembly will be different so your nutrition may drastically differ from ours. We encourage you to calculate your own nutrition, if that’s important to you.
If you’re a fan of tacos and love this recipe, try these keto fish tacos from My Life Cookbook. They’re fresh, flavorful, and are super easy to make!
| Servings: people |
- 4 lbs pork shoulder
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground chipotle pepper (optional)
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 medium white onion , chopped
- 4 garlic cloves , chopped
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 8 low carb wraps
- 1 homemade guacamole recipe
- 1 cup shredded cheese of choice
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 handful cilantro
- Chipotle Tabasco Sauce (optional)
- Start by removing any twine from the pork shoulder and patting it dry with paper towels. Score the meat. Then combine the rub seasonings in a bowl. Sprinkle them all over the pork shoulder and pat gently into all the crevices.
- Into your slow cooker, add the chopped white onion and garlic. Pour in the chicken broth and apple cider vinegar.
- Add in the pork shoulder. Cover and let cook on low for 8-10 hours.
- After the pork shoulder is cooked, gently transfer it into a large bowl and shred with two forks or meat shredding claws. Drain the liquid out of the slow cooker but save the onion and garlic. Add the onions and garlic to the pulled pork and mix to combine. Taste test at this point and salt if necessary.
- To assemble the tacos, grab some low carb wraps (we used 2 Trader Joe's wraps per person) and layer on the pulled pork (after serving 2 tacos to 4 people, we were left with roughly half the pulled pork for leftovers), guacamole, shredded cheese of choice, sour cream and cilantro. We splashed our tacos with Chipotle Tabasco Sauce as well. Enjoy!
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Idk who told you this is low carb, but its really not, particularly if you’re on a Keto diet where you’re trying to keep your carbs below 20 grams for the day. I mean the recipe looks nice and all, but you really shouldnt be labeling this with Keto because its not.
Hi Mick,
A keto diet does not have an exact maximum for the amount of “net carbs” a person can eat. This is due to a few factors including, but not limited to, body type, length of time eating low carb, daily activity levels, working out and more. Some people can eat 20-30 grams of net carbs, while others can eat 50 grams (more if they work out).
This recipe has 16 grams of net carbs for 860 calories which is relatively low. If your daily caloric intake was 1700 (which it is, roughly, for many people dieting), then at the same proportion you would eat ~32 grams of net carbs. This is by no means going to kick you out of ketosis, especially if you’ve been in keto for a long time.
Also, you have the option to spread your carbs out throughout your day any way you please. I usually eat 1-2 carbs in the morning (bacon and eggs). This leaves me with a theoretical 20-something carbs for the rest of my day. I can choose to eat an ultra low carb lunch if I decide I want pulled pork tacos for dinner (since I had to plan ahead to put them in a slow cooker 10 hours prior).
It’s all about balancing and figuring out what’s best for you.
I love this recipe and agree with Rami, that if you’ve planned your day properly, you can have the majority of your carbs in one meal like this one. However, you could always use a lettuce or romaine leaf for the wrap and save your carbs. Keto all the way!