Simple Shredded Spicy Pork
- Scott Blue
- Jan 25, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 31, 2024
This crock pot recipe is great for meal prep and working parents on the go. It is wonderful in Shredded Pork Tacos, Spicy Egg and Pork Breakfast Tacos, Spicy Pork Tostados, Shredded Pork Taco Salads and so much more!

This was so good, I ate 6 tacos! – Clapton, 15, Hollow Leg.
There is always something wonderful about coming home to the smell of delicious food. Something so aromatic that it makes your mouth water casts a spell of desire on everyone who enters.
As a single parent juggling a career, kids in three separate schools, extra curricular activities such as football, soccer, orchestra concerts, choir concerts, meet the teachers, open houses, and laundry - lots and lots of laundry, having simple yet delicious and nutritious food to help the kids brains and bodies develop is essential. Creating a menu and meal plan that is functional and delicious is a must to not run yourself ragged!
This Simple Shredded Spicy Pork prepared in a crock pot is one of those veritile recipes that can be used in a wide variety of dishes do weekly meal planning doesn't get repetitive from one week to the next and the short and adorable food critics that produce all the laundry and laughter will be asking for seconds!
Simple Shredded Spicy Pork
Ingredients:
1 Pork Tenderloin
2 tablespoons Olive Oil
2 tablespoons Course Sea Salt
2 tablespoons Black Pepper
2 tablespoons Smoked Paprika
1 tablespoon Garlic Powder
1 medium sized yellow onion, diced
1 jar of your favorite salsa, 24 oz. (We use Smoky Chipotle Salsa)
Directions:

Dice Yellow Onion and place in bottom of Crockpot evenly.
Coat Pork Tenderloin in Olive Oil.
Mix spices together thoroughly and cover Pork Tenderloin
Place Pork Tenderloin on top of onions in Crockpot.
Pour salsa over Pork Tenderloin.
Heat on low for 6.5 hours or until easily shredded with a fork.
Once shredded let rest on warm for 30 minutes.

Serve this Shredded Spicy Pork on Tacos (pictured right), Mix with eggs in a great Breakfast Taco (pictured below), Shredded Pork Tostados, Shredded Pork Taco Salad or as a spicy addition to a Garden Salad.

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