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Toast - Taco Time! (*Warning pictures of raw meat*) (1 Viewer)

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@LamahHerder @toadwart @kaen01 and some others spend a ton of time talking about the delish options that are available to us in the wild world of tacos, and I wanted to share with you a really cheap and simple way of making some delish pork tacos.

Excuse the photos - taking phone pics plus cutting up raw meat is tricky

Here are the finished tacos
I was tied up yesterday so i didn't get to have any, but sent these with my ex-wifey to a friend's house and they loved it
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Pork shoulder (butt) is often really cheap, and often oferlooked. here you can see it was .99$ a pound.
keep in mind that the pork shoulder has the bone in it, so it takes a little bit of work, but it is amazing
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Out of the package with my victorinox knife (i need to sharpen it)
great quality knives for cheap (like me!)
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Cut the first big hunk just stright off following the bone
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Pork especially the shoulder, is very fatty, this is good, however we want to trim off a lot of the thick base fat
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I like getting as much meat off the bone as i can, so i can have extra for other food stuff (like while this is cooking i can cook up the little pieces =D)

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This is all the stuff from the shoulder-bone - not including the giant piece we cut off at the start
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This is an example of some of the fat i will trim off - its probably not even necessary, but this is how i do it.
You can see all the extra fat that is trimmed off
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Now to the good stuff!

I've been enjoying this low carb (at least <1g per serving) red curry paste for all sorts of stuff. in this case we're using it as a top coat rub
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Old not fancy, cheap crockpot ec-tunnel value: $0.23
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I have ongoing gastro issues where I have nausea most of the time, so i eat ginger to help with that - it also adds a really nice subtle flavor most people won't recognize
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Coat the meat in the paste, with some ginger
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Once it was in the crockpot i decided on moar ginger
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Low low low (come back tomorrow)
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Extra bits for cooking now (or later)
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Good pups who DEARLY wants some
(2023 edit: RIP Odin, i miss you)
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Been cooking for like 12 hrs at this point - look at all that juice. Remember this was a "Dry" crockpot - nothing else added outside of the meat and the paste/ginger. that is all cooked fat.
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Bout to take it out - doesn't *look* so great
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with the power of sheer will (and yelling) I was able to get it out without it just crumbling into 1million pieces (so tender)
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Poked it with a spatula and it falls apart
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man that looks tasty! I was eyeballin the pork shoulder when I had to do a quick run to the store yesterday, but I didn't get any, now I really wish I had!
sometimes i'll do this same type of thing, but add more korean style flavors to it - and then crisp it in the oven (broiler setting) afterwards to "crispy korean style street taco" it
 
This kind of makes me want to cook again. Then I attempt cooking, and remember why I don't cook anymore, and I get takeout for the next 6 months.
 
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Very yum!
I added some microgreens, radish and hot sauce....

This recipe is slightly harder than ground beef tacos, the wait however is very very painful

I definitely recommend doing it over night instead of in the morning so you dont have to wait
Other recommendation.... dont take the lid off to check on it, your kitchen will smell like tasty tacos and you wont be able to eat them.
 
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Very yum!
I added some microgreens, radish and hot sauce....

This recipe is slightly harder than ground beef tacos, the wait however is very very painful

I definitely recommend doing it over night instead of in the morning so you dont have to wait
Other recommendation.... dont take the lid off to check on it, your kitchen will smell like tasty tacos and you wont be able to eat them.

What’s the rub?
 
Toast - Taco Time! (*Warning pictures of raw meat*)

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