5 from 18 votes
Chipotle Slow Cooker Pork Tenderloin Tacos with Cranberries and Apples {Gluten Free}
This slow cooker pork tenderloin recipe features a spiced pork cooked with fresh cranberries, apple juice, and chipotle adobo sauce, resulting in tender, flavorful meat that shreds easily. The dish is complemented with cinnamon-spiced apple noodles and a maple-sweetened yogurt sauce. The blend of warm spices and tart fruit creates a complex taste ideal for assembling into corn tortillas for tacos.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
8 hrs
Total Time
8 hrs 15 mins
Servings:
4
-6
Calories:
284 kcal
Course:
Main Course, Dinner
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
For the pork:
- 1/2 Tbsp cinnamon
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/8 tsp clove powder
- pepper pinch
- 1 lbs pork tenderloin just under 1 1/2
- 1 Cup apple juice no-sugar added
- 2 Cups cranberries Fresh or Thawed frozen
- 2 Tbsp pure maple syrup
- 1/2 Tbsp adobo sauce from a can of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
For the apple noodles:
- 3 apple spiralized with the 3mm blade., I used fuji, large
- 1 Tbsp pure maple syrup
- 1/2 Tbsp cinnamon
For the sauce:
- 1/4 Cup plain Non-fat Greek yogurt
- 1 Tbsp maple syrup 1 tsp, pure
- white corn tortillas for serving
- green onion for garnish, chopped
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine all the ingredients up the pork tenderloin.
- Dry off the pork tenderloin and rub the spice mixture all over it, making sure to really press it into all sides so it's evenly coated.
- Combine the apple juice, cranberries, 2 Tbsp of the maple syrup and adobe sauce in the bottom of a 5 quart slow cooker, stirring to mix well. Add the pork into the slow cooker, spooning the juices over top and really nestling the pork among the cranberries. Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours, or until the meat is very tender and falls apart. Mine took 8 hours.
- Once the pork is cooked, transfer to a cutting board. Using a potato masher, mash up all the liquid in the slow cooker, so that the cranberries break down, mix into the juice and thicken it.
- Using two forks, shred the pork and then place back into the slow cooker. Mix to coat with the juices. *
- Once the pork is shredded mix the apple noodles with 1 Tbsp of maple syrup, 1/2 Tbsp cinnamon and a pinch of salt and pepper in a small bowl.. In a separate small bowl, stir together the Greek yogurt with the remaining Maple syrup.
- Serve the pork on a tortilla, topped with the apple noodles, a drizzle of the yogurt sauce and a sprinkle of green onions, if desired.
- DEVOUR
Cup of Yum
Notes
- Maintain the pork's moisture by mixing the shredded meat back into the cooking juices after shredding.
- If the sauce is too watery, you can spoon out some of the excess liquid to achieve your desired consistency.
Nutrition Information
Calories
284kcal
(14%)
Carbohydrates
37g
(12%)
Protein
25g
(50%)
Fat
4g
(6%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
(6%)
Monounsaturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Trans Fat
0.04g
(2%)
Cholesterol
74mg
(25%)
Sodium
504mg
(21%)
Potassium
696mg
(15%)
Fiber
6g
(24%)
Sugar
26g
(52%)
Vitamin A
113IU
(2%)
Vitamin C
13mg
(14%)
Calcium
70mg
(7%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4 -6
Amount Per Serving
Calories 284
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 284kcal | 14% |
| Carbohydrates | 37g | 12% |
| Protein | 25g | 50% |
| Fat | 4g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Trans Fat | 0.04g | 2% |
| Cholesterol | 74mg | 25% |
| Sodium | 504mg | 21% |
| Potassium | 696mg | 15% |
| Fiber | 6g | 24% |
| Sugar | 26g | 52% |
| Vitamin A | 113IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 13mg | 14% |
| Calcium | 70mg | 7% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.