This Hawaiian BBQ pork is made easy by using a slow cooker, then wrapped up in crispy wonton taco shells and drizzled with a heavenly BBQ sauce!
These Hawaiian BBQ pork tacos are sweet and saucy with an attitude… absolutely delicious! Let the slow cooker do most of the work for you and try these soon!
If you know me, you know that “the other white meat” and I aren’t the best of friends… usually I don’t eat pork. I have no idea why, I’m just weird 😛 But, hubby likes it and I’ve been trying to make an effort lately to break out of the standard beef and chicken routine.
So I came upon this little gem on Pinterest (of course lol)… and I just had to try it!! These pork tacos are sweet and saucy with an attitude… absolutely delicious! Wanna hear the BEST part? And no, it’s not that tantalizing sauce… it’s that the crockpot does most of the work for you! 😀 Who doesn’t love that! There is a downside… if you’re home all day while that bbq pork is cooking… well, you may want to eat everything in the house, because it’ll smell amazing and make you incredibly hungry!
Your pork will cook in your slow cooker for 8 hours on low, or 4 hours on high. About 30 minutes before you want to eat, shred your pork. It will seriously just fall apart, no effort required 🙂
I added a little of my sauce to the shredded bbq pork, so it had tons of flavor. While it’s resting, go ahead and preheat your oven and gather your ingredients for the tacos. Now these toppings are up to you, but I went with the broccoli slaw, diced red onion and fresh cilantro!
To assemble the tacos, lay out your wonton wrappers on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and spoon a little of the pork filling in the center. I did about 1-2 Tbsp of the filling. Now add your toppings on top of the filling.
If you’ve worked with wonton wrappers before, you know that you need some water to help them stick together. They can also be a bit finicky. Have a small bowl or glass with some water nearby, wet your fingers, and pinch two opposite sides of the wrappers together (to make a “taco”). Your wet fingers should seal the wonton.
As you can see from the picture above, mine didn’t exactly stick together lol. So I improvised and just sort of folded them over in a makeshift wrap. It worked, just didn’t look as pretty lol.
Tip: If you don’t want to fuss with making the tacos, you can also spray a muffin pan with cooking spray and push the wonton wrappers down into the muffin cups to create a bowl shape. Fill with toppings just like you would for the taco shapes, and bake at 400 for about 15 minutes or so.
Okay, back to the tacos… spray the tacos with cooking spray and bake at 400 for 12-15 minutes, until they are golden brown. Be careful though, wontons can burn pretty quickly, so keep an eye on them!
Simmer your sauce while the tacos are baking and when it’s time to serve, drizzle some of that amazing sauce over the tops of the tacos or serve it alongside for dipping. Orrrrrrr be like me, and do both! Lol.
Be prepared to Fall. In. Love. Seriously you guys… you will LOVE these!
If you’d rather not mess with wontons at all, this pork and sauce would be fantastic on a bun as a pulled pork sandwich! Or just eat it by itself, it’s that good.
I hope you guys try these Hawaiian BBQ pork wonton tacos, I promise you, you won’t regret it!
Have some wonton wrappers left over from this recipe? Try my Crab Rangoons, Individual Taco Cups, or Avocado Egg Rolls/Wontons!
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Slow Cooker Hawaiian BBQ Pork Wonton Tacos
Ingredients
- 20-30 wonton wrappers
- 1 lb pork roast
- 4 tsp liquid smoke
- 2 tsp sea salt
- 2 cups broccoli slaw
- 1/2 red onion thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup cilantro roughly chopped
- SAUCE:
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 2/3 cup pineapple juice
- 2 tsp garlic minced
- 2 Tbsp brown sugar
- 1/4 tsp fresh ginger
Instructions
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Place pork roast in the slow cooker. Add liquid smoke, and rub pork with salt. Cook on low 8
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hours or on high 4 hours.
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minutes before serving, combine sauce ingredients. Remove the pork from the slow
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cooker, shred with two forks, drizzle about 3 Tbsp of the sauce over the pork and stir
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to combine.
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Preheat oven to 400. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or nonstick foil.
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Lay wonton wrappers out on a flat surface. Put 3-4 tablespoons water in a small bowl. Spoon about 1 tablespoons of shredded pork into the center of each wonton. Top with 1 tablespoon broccoli slaw and some red onion. Wet your finger tips with the water, then pinch two opposite corners of each wonton together so they stick together. If they aren't sticking too well, then fold them over.
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Place wonton tacos on prepared baking sheet in a single layer, not touching. Spray tacos
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liberally with cooking spray. Bake 10-15 minutes until wontons get crisp and edges begin to
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brown.
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While the tacos are baking, place sauce in a medium sauce pan and whisk over medium-high to bring to a boil. Reduce to simmer and allow to thicken until tacos are done baking.
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Top tacos with cilantro and drizzle sauce on tacos. You can also serve the sauce on the side as a dipping sauce.
Recipe Notes
** wontons can also be place in a greased muffin pan, pushed down into the cups to create a wonton "bowl". Bake as directed.** this pork is also good on a bun as a pulled pork sandwich, no wontons required!
I’m glad you are giving pork a chance… and this recipe sounds easy and good.
Me too, and thank you!! Very simple, small ingredient list, but TONS of flavor 😀
oh my gosh! I have some wonton wrappers in my fridge that are leftover from when I made Crab Rangoon and I’d LOVE to use them to make these!! I’ve been dying for an idea and you’ve just handed it right over to me… these look amazing! Thank you so much for sharing and for bringing these to Fiesta Fridayyy! PS- Loveeee that this is a crockpot recipe too, I’m always on the hunt for those!
You’re so welcome!! I’m so glad that you have the wonton wrappers already, I love finding recipes like that, where you can use up something you have 😀 I hope you love them as much as we did! Yes, crockpot recipes like this are a gold mine for me as well!
I must try these sometime. They look REALLY good. Glad you liked the pork. Restaurants can’t top this.
You’d love them! I love how easy it was… the hardest part was getting the wontons to stick together, but I think this would be great as a wonton cupcake or even as a pulled pork sandwich with the same toppings 🙂
Happy to see you’re giving pork a chance! These tacos look to be the perfect dish to expand your taste buds. 🙂 Love your use of wonton wrappers…I especially like your idea of wonton cupcakes you mentioned in a comment…they would make a perfect party appetizer in my house!
Me too, I hated leaving out such a big ingredient for dinners at out house. Thank you!!! I think the next time I make them, I’ll try the wonton cupcakes, those would be much easier to put together 🙂 If you try them, I hope you love them!
Whoa. Just Whoa. These are mouthwatering! I love love love new crockpot recipes- I’m definitely going to have to try these! Although I don’t have wonton wrappers, I do have some homemade flour tortillas in my freezer, and I can’t wait to try your pork recipe and oooh that sauce. That sauce is calling my name… What a great Fiesta Friday dish to share! 😀
Thank you!! I promise you won’t be disappointed, they’re awesome 😀 Ooooh homemade flour tortillas would be great with this!!
Oh my gosh! I am so drooling over these tacos. I cannot wait to give these a try! Happy FF!
Thank you!! Happy FF to you as well 😀
These are brilliant! Love the idea of making the pork in the crockpot!! And the wonton wrappers are so cool! I am going to make this for sure! 😀
Thank you!!! I’m so glad you’re going to try it, I think you’ll love the way they taste! 😀
These look so good, and your photos are wonderful, too!
Thank you very much!!
This one is bookmarked. Your presentation is very appetizing, and the slow cooking of the pork and the sauce must make this super tasty.
Thank you so much!! The flavors that come from a few simple ingredients, whew, I was pleasantly surprised
🙂
this looks delish and i am a slow cooker fan, i posted a slow cooker recipe today you might like on Fiesta Friday, happy weekending to you x
Thank you! Slow cooking is amazing, for so many reasons, I’ll head over there this morning and see what you posted 😀
awe greawt xx hope you liked it
These look so yummy! And I do love when the crockpot does all the work!
Thank you!!! It’s so nice to leave the hard part up to the crockpot 🙂
We’re in the same boat re: pork. That’s hubby’s choice of protein, not so with me. Needless to say, I’m uncertain what to do with the big chunk of pork he bought yesterday. He said just throw it in the oven! I don’t think so. I think I’ll be making pork tacos, instead, Hawaiian style
That’s awesome that you found an idea! I hope you both love it!!
Love crockpot recipes in the winter. This one looks unique and worth trying!! Thanks for sharing on Tickle My Tastebuds Tuesday 🙂
Me too, it’s great crockpot weather! Thank you! 🙂 🙂
this is so right up my alley! pinning and definitely trying these tacos asap! happy to have found your site via tickle my tastebuds 🙂
Awww thank you!!! I hope you love it as much as we did
Love this! My islander family and friends will too! Yum 🙂 Ono!!
That’s awesome!! Let me know how y’all liked it 😀
What a great idea to use wonton skins for tacos! I am so with you on the extra sauce! It looks great!
This is a Tickle the Tastebuds tomorrow on http://nbotatrophywife.com. I love the wontons for tacos too! Yum! laura
Thank you!! Anything to do with tacos, and I’m in lol 🙂
These look and sound amazing! I love pork tacos and love love love my crock pot, these are going on my to-make-soon-for-dinner list 🙂 Visiting from Foodie Fridays.
Thank you!! Crockpots are amazing 😀 I’m so glad and I hope you love them!
Hi Amanda,
This post was already linked to FF42. I’m sure it’s just an oversight on your part. I don’t normally delete any link in a situation like this, but we’re having a little technical problem and I have to redo all the links. So I’m going to leave this one out. Your other links will be included, however. Thanks. 🙂
Oh.. I understand. Yep, just a brain fart, sorry
Oh my lordy…. I think I need to make this ASAP. Ugh, and its with the beloved crockpot! Seriously… will be making this very soon. They look and sound delicious and your pictures are amazing! Thanks so much for bringing these to the party =)
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Thank you so much!! We’re actually making them again this week 🙂 Crockpot recipes are definitely some of my favorites! I’d love to hear how you like them after you make them 🙂
These look so yummy. I love new recipes to use up wonton wrappers.
Thanks,
Bev
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Thank you!! I’m a big fan of wonton wrappers, they’re so cute 😀
Wait a minute…. Roast pork… AND a taco-like meal!?! must try this one!
Thanks!! It’s such a different, but great tasting taco 🙂
Can these be served cold ? or room temperature?
Hi Chris… sure, I think these could be served at room temp, or even cold if you prefer.
So delicious and simple to make!!
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Thank you Ros!! 🙂