
Slow-cooked pork carnitas tacos
Meltingly tender pork, crisped up and stuffed in tortillas with tangy slaw.
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Ingredients
- Pork shoulder joint800 g
- Plain tortilla wraps8 wraps
- Brown onions150 g
- Limes2 limes
- White cabbage½ cabbage
- Soured cream150 g
Also uses from the cupboard: vegetable oil, table salt, ground black pepper, paprika, ground cumin. Missing any? You can add them to your shop on the shopping list.
Usually contains: Gluten, Milk.
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Estimated from typical ingredient values, including a teaspoon of oil. Children's portions are smaller.
Method
- Oven
- Heat the oven to 160°C (140°C fan). Rub the pork shoulder with 2 teaspoons of cumin, 2 teaspoons of paprika and a teaspoon of salt. Put it in a lidded ovenproof pot with the onion, cut into wedges, and 300 ml of water.800 g pork shoulder joint150 g brown onions
- Cover and cook in the oven for 3 hours, until the pork falls apart when pressed with a fork.
- Shred the pork with two forks. Heat a frying pan over a high heat and fry the pork in batches for 3 to 4 minutes, until crisp at the edges. Moisten with a few spoons of the cooking juices.
- Finely shred the cabbage and toss with the juice of the limes and a pinch of salt. Warm the wraps and serve with the pork, cabbage and soured cream.8 wraps2 limes½ cabbage150 g soured cream
Spoon some of the cooking juices over the pork while it crisps in the pan. Crispy and juicy at once.
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