with mango salsa and salad
Pork carnitas is a traditional Mexican dish of slow-cooked pork shoulder that's shredded and pan-fried to give it a crispy texture. We've created a quick kid-friendly version using ground pork. The secret is cooking the meat until it's dark brown!
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Ground Pork
250 g
Mexican Seasoning
1 tbsp
Red Onion
113 g
Tomato Sauce Base
2 tbsp
Garlic, cloves
2 unit
Flour Tortillas
6 unit
Monterey Jack Cheese, shredded
0.5 cup
Red Mango
1 unit
Carrot
85 g
Lime
1 unit
Cilantro
7 g
Baby Spinach
56 g
Sugar
1.75 tsp
Oil
2 tbsp
Salt
0.125 tsp
Tomato
80 g
Pepper
0.125 tsp
Before starting, wash and dry all produce. Peel, then cut onion into 1/4-inch pieces. Cut tomatoes into 1/4-inch pieces. Peel, then grate half the carrot (whole carrot for 4 ppl). Zest, then juice lime. Peel, then mince or grate garlic. Finely chop cilantro. Peel, pit, then cut mango into 1/2-inch pieces.
Heat a large non-stick pan over medium heat. When the pan is hot, add 1 tbsp oil (dbl for 4 ppl), then onions. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, 3-4 min.
Add pork, garlic and Mexican Seasoning to the same pan with onions. Cook, breaking up pork into smaller pieces, until no pink remains, 6-8 min.** Add tomato sauce base, 2 tbsp water and 1/2 tsp sugar (dbl both for 4 ppl). Cook, stirring often, until warmed through, 1-2 min.
While pork filling cooks, add tomatoes, mango, cilantro, half the lime zest, half the lime juice and 1/4 tsp sugar (dbl for 4 ppl) to a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper, then toss to combine. (NOTE: This is your mango salsa!) Whisk together remaining lime zest, remaining lime juice, 1 tsp sugar and 1 tbsp oil (dbl both for 4 ppl) in a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper. (NOTE: This is your dressing!)
Wrap tortillas in paper towels. Microwave until tortillas are warm and flexible, 1 min. (TIP: You can skip this step if you don't want to warm tortillas!)
Add spring mix and grated carrot to the large bowl with dressing. Toss to combine. Divide cheese between tortillas, then top with pork filling and mango salsa. Serve with salad on the side.
920
kcal
Calories
49
g
Fat
18
g
Saturated Fat
81
g
Carbohydrate
26
g
Sugar
9
g
Dietary Fiber
41
g
Protein
110
mg
Cholesterol
1150
mg
Sodium