Pork Carnitas Tacos
Ready in : 45 mins
You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Pork Carnitas Tacos a try. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 405 calories, 28g of protein, and 13g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 8 and costs $1.41 per serving. 3 people found this recipe to be tasty and satisfying. It is a budget friendly recipe for fans of Mexican food. This recipe from Foodista requires water, corn tortillas, onion, and limes. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 68%. This score is pretty good.
Diets
Ingredients
water
7 cups
pork butt
2 pounds
garlic
4 cloves
sea salt and ground pepper
8 servings
olive oil
1 teaspoon
orange juice
0.5 cup
milk
0.5 cup
corn tortillas
24
salsa fresca
8 servings
avocado
1 slices
cilantro
8 servings
onion
8 servings
limes
8 servings
Cooking in Steps
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1In a large Dutch oven add the pork, garlic, salt and pepper, and water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat, cover and simmer over medium low for 45 minutes to one hour.
salt and pepper
garlic
water
pork
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2Drain well.
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3When cool enough to handle, shred the meat by hand or with the tines of a fork.
meat
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4Remove and discard any remaining fat.
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5Transfer back to Dutch oven and heat the olive oil.
olive oil
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6Add the orange juice and milk and cook until liquid has evaporated and pork has browned; stirring occasionally. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
salt and pepper
orange juice
milk
pork
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7Chop onions and cilantro, and slice avocado and limes.
cilantro
avocado
onion
lime
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8Place each in small individual bowls for serving.
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9Heat tortillas in a dry frying pan and keep warm.
tortilla
frying pan -
10For each taco, stack 2 tortillas and layer with warm carnitas, chopped cilantro, onion and avocado slices and give it a good squeeze of lemon juice.
avocado slices
lemon juice
tortilla
carnitas
cilantro
onion
