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Minimal ingredient recipes like this slow cooker salsa verde pork recipe become my go-to when I need something quick to prep that I know will turn out delicious. All you need for this one is a pork shoulder and flavorful salsa verde sauce, and you’re well on your way to a high-protein, easy-to-prep meal!
Table of Contents
- 2 Ingredient Salsa Verde Pork Slow Cooker Recipe
- Why you’ll love this green salsa pork recipe
- What you need for crockpot pork verde
- How to make slow cooker salsa verde pulled pork
- Watch me make pork salsa verde bowls
- Serve your pork chile verde in a colorful and nourishing bowl
- Substitutions, optional variations & dietary adjustments
- More slow cooker recipes you’ll love
- Salsa Verde Pork Slow Cooker Recipe
2 Ingredient Salsa Verde Pork Slow Cooker Recipe
I love taking tender shredded pork and turning it into a delicious bowl like you see pictured, but the possibilities are endless!
The pork is great in tacos and enchiladas, in a pork sheet pan meal, or tucked between a couple of flour tortillas with eggs and cheese for breakfast tacos!
Think of it as a base to build upon – you can use it in so many ways. It’s an awesome high protein meat to have on hand to enjoy for many meals.
Plus, you can’t beat the prep – which is like 2 minutes! Once you get the pork in the slow cooker you set it, forget it, shred it, and enjoy it.
Why you’ll love this green salsa pork recipe
Family favorite – This delicious pork is one the whole family always gets to eat. I’m always shocked by how flavorful it turns out, even with the minimal amount of ingredients. We enjoy it with the meal, and then keep picking pieces out because it’s just that good!
Serves a crowd – This makes a good amount of pork and my family of 6 always has some leftovers. The great thing about this recipe is that you can easily use a large cut of meat add more of the green chiles salsa and then serve even more people! Pork shoulder tends to be a more affordable cut of meat, so it’s cost-effective too.
Easy weeknight meal – It really can’t get easier than the 2-minute morning prep to get the pork going. If you need an easy dinner recipe, this one is for you!
What you need for crockpot pork verde
Scroll down to view the recipe card below for the full ingredients list, nutrition facts, and step-by-step instructions.
- boneless pork shoulder
- sea salt
- salsa verde
How to make slow cooker salsa verde pulled pork
Step 1: Sprinkle the sea salt over all of the pork shoulder sides, and place the meat in the crock pot. Pour the salsa verde over the top of the pork.
Step 2: Cover with a lid and cook on LOW for 8 hours or until the meat is tender to shred with a fork.
Step 3: Remove the tender pork from the bottom of the slow cooker and place it in a large bowl. Shred with forks or cut into pieces and serve in burrito bowls, taco salad, or salsa verde pork tacos!
Watch me make pork salsa verde bowls
The full how to video can be watched below, or on my YouTube channel!
Serve your pork chile verde in a colorful and nourishing bowl
Let me show you how I turned this pork into delicious salsa verde pork bowls!
Build your bowl with a base of rice (white rice or try instant pot cilantro lime rice – yum!), then add colorful vegetables like shredded lettuce, purple cabbage, and chopped green onion. Next, add a generous amount of the shredded pork, and top with fresh salsa, fresh cilantro, a squeeze of lime juice, and sour cream!
Substitutions, optional variations & dietary adjustments
Below you’ll find a list of substitutions that will work well in this chile verde pork recipe.
If you try something different out, please leave a comment below letting us all know how it turned out!
Pork shoulder – You can substitute the pork shoulder for pork tenderloin, pork butt, cubed pork, or pork sirloin. All of these options will cook up really well in the slow cooker and turn out tender and delicious!
Salsa verde – A good alternative to salsa verde is green enchilada sauce. The main difference between the two is that salsa verde is typically a little bit thicker or chunkier than green enchilada sauce, but the flavors are very similar so it works well in this recipe!
More slow cooker recipes you’ll love
Salsa Verde Pork Slow Cooker Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 lb boneless pork shoulder
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 16 oz salsa verde
Instructions
- Sprinkle the sea salt over all of the pork shoulder sides, and place the meat in the crock pot. Pour the salsa verde over the top of the pork.
- Cover with a lid and cook on LOW for 8 hours or until the meat is tender to shred with a fork.
- Remove the tender pork from the bottom of the slow cooker and place it in a large bowl. Shred with forks or cut into pieces and serve in burrito bowls, taco salad, or salsa verde pork tacos!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
If you try this slow cooker chili verde pork bowl recipe, I’d love it if you left a star rating and comment below letting me know how it turned out!
XO
Heather
Originally published December 2012. Updated January 2025.
Easy and SO good!
Glad you found a winner Heddy!
I really love how easy this recipe is! I’ve been making it for years now and keep coming back to it.
I’m so glad you’ve been loving this salsa verde pork! We make it all the time too.
Wow Hunter is getting so big, he is adorable! Your Crockpot meal looks delish!!
Hunter is just too cute! Crockpot cooking is so easy and never seems to disappoint. Thanks for sharing.