When making a meal for a crowd, I think tacos are one of the best meals that you can make in a short amount of time. Pick a protein, make a slaw type of topping, throw it in a tortilla and you’ve got a meal for self-assembly. These are in no way authentic, but they are easy and tasty!
I prefer using pork shoulder to get a flavorful filling that shreds easily after an hour or so in a pressure cooker/Instant Pot. It’s even faster when you use a jar of salsa as part of your seasoning. Slaw can be made ahead or while your protein is cooking. Quickly shred some cabbage, onion, carrot, or any other veggie and mix with some acid to get your crunchy topping.
Ingredients:
Protein – I prefer bone-in pork shoulder but you could use boneless, chicken thighs, or beef chuck to get a similar shred.
Salsa – use what you like or have on hand
Slaw – to be even speedier, use a bag of premade coleslaw mix
Tortillas – I’m a corn gal, but flour, cassava, or lettuce leaf are other great alternative methods of transport to get the fillings to your mouth!
Shreddy Pork Tacos
Equipment
- 1 pressure cooker/instant pot
Ingredients
Pork
- 5 pounds pork shoulder
- olive oil
- 5 tsp salt
- 16 oz salsa
- 1/2 onion
Slaw
- 1/2 cabbage shredded
- 1/2 red onion shredded
- 1/2 cup mayo
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- juice of 1 lime
Instructions
- Turn instant pot to high or heat pressure cooker. Add oil.
- Sprinkle pork shoulder with salt and sear on all sides.
- After all sides have been seared, add in salsa and additional water until pork shoulder is covered in liquid.
- Chop up half an onion and add to the pot to braise.
- Cook on high for 2 hours.
- While pork is cooking, shred and and mix cabbage and onions.
- Add mayo, lime juice, salt, and sugar to the slaw, and store in the refrigerator until ready to eat.
- When pork is ready, remove from pot and shred, or leave whole for self-service shredding.
- Warm your tortillas and assemble your tacos!
Need something sweet? Have Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies or Pumpkin Walnut Cake with Chocolate Hazelnut Spread