Carnita Tacos

• Meat

  • 1 2 kg pork butt
  • 1/4 cup Pork

• Produce

  • 1/4 Avocado
  • 1 Handful Cilantro
  • 7 cloves Garlic
  • 3 Lime
  • 1 Lime juiced
  • 1 Onion, small
  • 1/2 Onion
  • 2 Oranges
  • 1 Sprig or two of cilantro
  • 2 Tomatoes

• Canned Goods

  • 1 Mexican chili, dried

• Condiments

  • 1 Chipotles in adobo fresh salsa
  • 1/2 cup Mayo
  • 1 tbsp Mayo, Spicy
  • 2 tbsp Salsa
  • 1 tsp Salt spicy mayo
  • 1 tbsp Siracha sauce

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 tbsp Salt and pepper

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 1/4 cup Apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tbsp Coconut oil or other oil

• Nuts & Seeds

  • 1 tbsp Cumin

• Bread & Baked Goods

  • 1 Corn tortillas

• Dairy

  • 1 tbsp Cojita cheese

• Beer, Wine & Liquor

  • 1 Beer

• Other

  • 2 tbsp Palm (or brown sugar

Found on cookswithcocktails.com

Description

Ingredients

• 1 2 kg pork butt roast (shoulder)
• 2 tbsp salt and pepper each
• 1 tbsp cumin
• 2 tbsp coconut oil or other oil
• 1 small onion, cut into quarters or eighths
• 5 cloves garlic, smashed
• 1 beer (whatever you have)
• ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
• 2 oranges, juiced
• 2 limes, juiced
• 2 tbsp palm (or brown) sugar
• 1 or 2 chipotles in adobo FRESH SALSA
• 2 tomatoes, roughly chopped
• 1 dried Mexican chili, rehydrated in water
• ½ onion, roughly chopped
• 2 cloves garlic
• Handful of cilantro
• 1 lime juiced
• 1 tsp saltSPICY MAYO
• ½ cup mayo
• 1 lime, juiced
• 1 tbsp siracha sauce (or other hot sauce)TACOS
• corn tortillas
• ¼ cup pork
• 2 tbsp salsa
• ¼ avocado, diced or sliced
• 1 tbsp cojita cheese (or other crumbly cheese)
• sprig or two of cilantro
• 1 tbsp spicy mayo

Directions

• CARNITAS
• Rinse your pork roast quite well and pat dry. Season the roast with salt, pepper and the cumin all over. Be generous with the salt and pepper.
• Turn your oven on to 350 degrees.
• Get out a big oven proof pot with a lid and put it on high heat on the stove. Put the couple tbsps of coconut oil in, let it get hot, and then brown the roast well on all sides. Turn the heat off.
• Add the onion, garlic, and chipotle pepper to the pot. Pour in the beer, apple cider vinegar and squeeze in the lime and orange juice. You can put in the peel as well, but I found that the lime peel gave a tiny hint of a bitter flavor that I didn’t care for.
• Cover the pot with the lid and slide it in the oven. Cook for 3 hours or until the roast is fall apart tender.
• When its ready, remove the roast from the pot, let it cool for a bit and shred the meat, removing most of the fat at the same time. Place the shredded meat on a foil or parchment lined baking sheet.
• Turn your oven on to broil and place the tray of meat under the broiler for a few mins or until the meat starts to get crispy and caramelized in some places. If your tray is quite full, you might want to stir the meat a bit so that some other parts can get crispy. Be careful not to let it burn.
• Set the meat aside or store in a big tuperware. SALSA
• Place all the ingredients for the salsa in a blender or food processor and whiz it up good till it becomes a thick sauce. Give it a taste and make sure it doesn’t need more salt, lime, or cilantro.
• Set aside or store in a mason jar or Tupperware. SPICY MAYO
• Mix the mayo , lime juice and hot sauce in a bowl or shake it in a jar. Add a little more lime if it needs to get a little thinner consistency. I like to keep it in a squeeze bottle so its easy to squirt on the tacos. TO MAKE THE TACOS
• Lay a corn tortilla flat. Add the pork carnita meat, spoon on the salsa, sprinkle on the cheese, avocado, and a little cilantro if desired and then drizzle a little spicy mayo on top. Fold it up and eat it!