Crock Pot Pork Carnitas for Two

This post may contain paid links. If you make a purchase through links on our site, we may earn a commission.

When you are in the mood for some delicious tacos but only need two servings, I highly recommend this Crock Pot Pork Carnitas for Two recipe.

Note: We use referral links for the products we love.

How to Make Pork Carnitas for Two in a Crock Pot

Aunt Lou here.

When making recipes with two servings, it is sometimes hard to get meat in the right quantity. For this Crock Pot Pork Carnitas for Two, I bought a pork loin and used my kitchen scale to cut off a 12 oz piece. When I do this, I either cut the rest into pork chops or one or two more smaller pork loins, depending on the size of the pork loin I could get at the store.

We love making this meat into tacos on yellow corn tortillas with our favorite taco toppings. However, you could also use this meat on burritos, enchiladas, quesadillas, taco salads and more. There are so many possibilities!

(If this recipe sounds good to you, but you need more servings, you can find the original recipe with 10 to 12 servings here.)

What You Will Need for Crock Pot Pork Carnitas for Two

Ingredients Needed

Equipment Needed

Time Needed

General Notes

• Looking for more recipes? Our Recipe Finder can help you find exactly what you need.
• As with any of our recipes, carb counts, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly. As a result, your nutritional content depends on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish. The auto-calculation is just an automated estimate and should NOT be used for specific dietary needs.
• All slow cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline. Recipes should always be tested first in your own slow cooker and time adjusted as needed.

LOVE THIS SITE?

If Recipes That Crock has helped you and you would like to give us a small tip of gratitude, here is our tip jar.

Your financial support is never expected but always appreciated! Folks like you help us keep doing what we do!

SAVE THESE RECIPES TO YOUR FREE RECIPE BOX

On Recipes That Crock we have a way for you to save recipes, menus and collections to your own free recipe box. This way you won’t ever lose a recipe, menu or collection. With your free RTC account, you know that your favorite recipes and all the recipes you want to try are always just a click away.

Click Here to: Learn how to use your Recipe Box on this site.

Click Here to: Learn how to create your own meal plan on this site.

You can register (or login if you already a user) here: Register/Login Here.

NOTE: If you don’t see the recipe box save buttons, you need to sign in.

Crock Pot Pork Carnitas for Two

When you are in the mood for some delicious tacos but only need two servings, I highly recommend this Crock Pot Pork Carnitas for Two recipe.

No ratings yet

Print Pin Rate

Course: Main

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Crock Pot Pork Carnitas for Two

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 2 hours hours 30 minutes minutes

Optional Broiling Time: 1 minute minute

Total Time: 2 hours hours 41 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 servings

Calories: 263kcal

Author: Aunt Lou

Cook ModePrevent your screen from going dark

Ingredients

• 12 oz pork loin
• seasoned meat tenderizer, salt and pepper to taste
• 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons onion chopped
• 1 clove minced garlic
• 1/3 cup green enchilada sauce
• corn tortillas
• favorite toppings

Instructions

• Use a kitchen scale to cut a 12 oz piece off a pork loin.
• Sprinkle a 12 oz pork loin with a generous amount of seasoned meat tenderizer, salt and pepper to taste, set aside for later.
• Pour 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil in a skillet and heat over medium heat.
• Once your oil is hot, saute 2 tablespoons onion (chopped) for a couple of minutes, until it is just starting to get translucent.
• Put 1 clove minced garlic in your skillet and cook for another minute.
• Push all of your onion and garlic to the side of your skillet and brown the seasoned pork loin on all sides in your skillet.
• Now you put the browned pork loin in a 4 Quart Crock Pot with your onion mixture and 1/3 cup green enchilada sauce on top.
• Cover and cook on low for 2.5-3 hours, your pork is done when it is fork-tender. (Cooking on low will give you the most tender results, so we do not recommend cooking on high.)
• Shred your roast with a couple of forks.
• If desired, place shredded pork on a cookie sheet and broil for 1-2 minutes to crisp up some of the edges and serve in corn tortillas with your favorite toppings.

Notes

• Looking for more recipes? Our Recipe Finder can help you find exactly what you need.
• Check out all our favorite recommendations for cookbooks, slow cookers and low carb essentials in our Amazon Influencer Shop.
• As with any of our recipes, carb counts, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly. As a result, your nutritional content depends on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish. The auto-calculation is just an automated estimate and should NOT be used for specific dietary needs.
• All slow cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline. Recipes should always be tested first in your own slow cooker and time adjusted as needed.

Nutrition

Calories: 263kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 39g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 107mg | Sodium: 408mg | Potassium: 657mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 250IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 1mg

Tried this recipe?Mention @RecipesthatCrock or tag #RecipesthatCrock!

If you enjoyed this recipe, you might also enjoy these dishes