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Pulled Pork Tostadas with Pickled Red Onions and an Avocado Cilantro Crema

The tostada is crisped to perfection, the avocado cilantro crema adds a cool texture, the pulled pork is tender and sweet and the pickled red onions add a tang on top.  All together, this marriage of flavors is absolutely delicious.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 9 hours 30 minutes
Course Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine American, Mexican
Servings 12 servings
Calories 333 kcal

Equipment

  • Baking Sheet
  • Blender

Ingredients
  

  • 5 lb pork shoulder I usually cook about a 5 pound shoulder. I save the leftovers for other meals! You can use any size, as long as it fits in your slow cooker.
  • ½ cup barbecue sauce
  • ¼ cup ketchup
  • ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tablespoon mustard
  • ½ can coconut milk full fat
  • 1 avocado
  • ½ cup fresh cilantro
  • juice of 1 lime
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 12 corn tortillas
  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 cup pickled red onions

Instructions
 

  • In the morning, place the pork in the slow cooker and put the slow cooker on low with some barbecue sauce drizzled on top. To have the pork done around 5 o'clock I usually put it in at about 7 o'clock in the morning.  
  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees right before the pork is about to be done
  • When the pork is done, remove it from the slow cooker into a bowl and use two forks to pull it apart.  The pork should fall right apart. 
  • In the bowl with the pork, add barbecue sauce, ketchup, mustard and apple cider vinegar.  Mix well.
  • Brush both sides of the corn tortilla with olive oil and place in the oven.
  • The tortilla should take about 10 minute to crisp.  Flip your tortillas every 2 minutes until done.  
  • Add avocado, cilantro, coconut milk, lime juice and salt and pepper to the blender.  Blend about 30 seconds.
  • Once the tortilla is done, spread the avocado cilantro crema on top.  Add the pulled pork on top of that.  Place the picked red onions on top.  Garnish with cilantro.

Notes

Save extra pork in the fridge and reuse for other recipes during the week!

Nutrition

Serving: 1tostadaCalories: 333kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 25gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 77mgSodium: 316mgPotassium: 596mgFiber: 3gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 103IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 47mgIron: 2mg
Keyword dinner, health, healthy, lunch, pork, slow cooker, weeknight meal
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