with Pico de Gallo, Avocado and Spring Mix
Pork carnitas is a traditional Mexican dish of slow-cooked pork shoulder. It's then 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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Utensils
Tags
Ground Pork
250 g
Mexican Seasoning
1 tbsp
Red Onion
113 g
Tomato Sauce
2 tbsp
Garlic
6 g
Flour Tortillas
6 unit
Monterey Jack Cheese, shredded
0.5 cup
Avocado
1 unit
Tomato
160 g
Lime
1 unit
Cilantro
7 g
Spring Mix
56 g
Sugar
1.5 tsp
Oil
2 tbsp
Salt and Pepper
1 tsp
Before starting, wash and dry all produce. Peel, halve, then cut onion into 1/4-inch pieces. Cut tomatoes into 1/4-inch pieces. Zest, then juice lime. Peel, then mince or grate garlic. Finely chop cilantro. Peel, pit and cut avocado into 1/2-inch pieces.
Heat a large non-stick pan over medium heat. When hot, add 1 tbsp oil (dbl for 4 ppl), then onions. Cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 3-4 min.
Add pork, garlic and Mexican Seasoning to the pan with the onions. Cook, breaking up pork into smaller pieces, until no pink remains, 6-8 min.\*\* Add tomato sauce and 1/2 tsp sugar (dbl for 4 ppl). Cook, stirring often, until warmed through, 1-2 min.
While filling cooks, stir together tomatoes, cilantro, half the lime zest and half the lime juice in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper. (NOTE: This is your pico de gallo!) In another small bowl, whisk together remaining lime zest, remaining lime juice, 1 tsp sugar and 1 tbsp oil (dbl both for 4 ppl). Season with salt and pepper. Set aside. (NOTE: This is your dressing!)
Stack tortillas and wrap with paper towels. (NOTE: For 4 ppl make two stacks with 6 tortillas in each stack.) Microwave, until tortillas are warm and flexible, 1 min. (NOTE: You can skip this step if you don't want to warm tortillas!)
Add spring mix and avocado to a large bowl. Drizzle with dressing to taste. Toss together. Divide cheese between tortillas, then top with pork filling and pico de gallo. Serve with salad on the side.
1110
kcal
Calories
67
g
Fat
20
g
Saturated Fat
89
g
Carbohydrate
10
g
Sugar
14
g
Dietary Fiber
44
g
Protein
110
mg
Cholesterol
1750
mg
Sodium