Ingredients

  • 2 -3 lbs pork roast (Bone in or boneless as long as it's fairly lean)
  • 12 teaspoon thyme
  • 12 teaspoon sage
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 12 teaspoon cracked mixed peppercorn
  • 2 tablespoons bacon drippings
  • 4 fresh garlic cloves (coarsly diced)
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 tablespoon cumin (Mounded, not level or heaping)
  • 2 tablespoons chili powder
  • 1 -2 bay leaf
  • 6 ounces tomato paste
  • 1 tablespoon chili powder (Mounded, not level or heaping)
  • 1 tablespoon cumin
  • 1 tablespoon cilantro (1/2 cup fresh can be used)
  • 12 teaspoon onion powder (1 small fresh finely minced can be used)
  • cayanne pepper and sea salt
  • 12 corn tortillas
  • vegetable oil for frying tortilla
  • 1 lb grated cheese (Monteray Jack or similar)
  • sour cream, Shredded Lettuce, Diced Tomato, onion and Japalenos

Method

  • Rub Pork Roast with first 4 ingredients.
  • Melt 1 tsp bacon drippings in a oven safe fry pan or dutch oven with 2 cloves of garlic.
  • Put roast in pan and top with remaining bacon drippings and garlic.
  • Roast at 325 for 1 hour.
  • The meat will be just a bit underdone but it'll have the roasted flavor.
  • Remove the roast to the slow cooker and add the remaining slow cooking ingrediants to the roasting pan to deglaze pan drippings.
  • Bring the pan liquid just to a simmer and add to crock pot.
  • Cook crock pot on high till it just comes to a simmer then turn it to low for 3 hours.
  • Remove the roast and shred with forks.
  • Put liquid from crock pot in a fry pan and reduce till about 1 cup and add the shredded meat.
  • Continue to reduce till meat is moist but not dripping, stirring occasionally.
  • Set aside.
  • Combine the Sauce ingredients in a 2 quart sauce pan and simmer 5 minutes.
  • Assembly:.
  • Put 2-3 Tbsp oil in a fry pan and heat to high.
  • Add tortillas 1 at a time for a few seconds, flip, then remove to paper towels to drain excess oil, stacking paper towel, tortilla, paper towel, tortilla, etc.
  • Pour 1/2 sauce in a flat dish and dip tortillas one at a time in the sauce.
  • After dipping place in a baking dish, sprinke with cheese then shredded meat and roll Repeat for all 12 tortillas Pour remaining sauce over enchiladas the to with remaining cheese.
  • Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
  • Remove separately and garnish as desired.