When my husband tried these tonight he declared that they were the Best BBQ Pulled Pork Sammies he had ever tasted! I had to agree that they were pretty darn good! The kids really enjoyed them too – you know they love it when they all come back for seconds! I love making pulled pork in the slow cooker. It’s great for tacos or pulled pork sandwiches and best of all it’s pretty much hands-off cooking for the majority of the day. I use pork shoulder when making pulled pork as it has enough fat in it to break down until pull-apart tender. The other great thing about pork shoulder…
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Slow Cooker Achiote Pork Tacos
These Slow Cooker Achiote Pork Tacos are super easy to make. Take 5 minutes out of your morning to put this together in your slow cooker and supper will be ready to roll when you get home from work. What is Achiote? Achiote is used as a spice and is also used as a coloring agent. It is also often called Annotto. The seeds come from a tree native to Mexico and Brazil called the Bixa Orellana tree. I use a premade Achiote Spice Paste for this dish, it is made of Annatto Seed, garlic, chiles, and spices. I buy it at the Mexican grocery store by my house, but…
