Pork Carnitas Tacos

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. Users who liked this recipe also liked Pork Carnitas Tacos, Pork Carnitas Tacos, and Pork Carnitas Tacos.

  • Serves: 8
  • Time: 45 Mins
  • Category: lunch, main course, main dish, dinner
  • Health Rating: 25.0

Ingredients


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Instructions

Step 1: In 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.

Ingredients:

  • salt and pepper
  • garlic
  • water
  • pork

Equipment:

  • dutch oven

Step 2: Drain well.

Step 3: When cool enough to handle, shred the meat by hand or with the tines of a fork.

Ingredients:

  • meat

Step 4: Remove and discard any remaining fat.

Step 5: Transfer back to Dutch oven and heat the olive oil.

Ingredients:

  • olive oil

Equipment:

  • dutch oven

Step 6: Add the orange juice and milk and cook until liquid has evaporated and pork has browned; stirring occasionally. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Ingredients:

  • salt and pepper
  • orange juice
  • milk
  • pork

Step 7: Chop onions and cilantro, and slice avocado and limes.

Ingredients:

  • cilantro
  • avocado
  • onion
  • lime

Step 8: Place each in small individual bowls for serving.

Equipment:

  • bowl

Step 9: Heat tortillas in a dry frying pan and keep warm.

Ingredients:

  • tortilla

Equipment:

  • frying pan

Step 10: For 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.

Ingredients:

  • avocado slices
  • lemon juice
  • tortilla
  • carnitas
  • cilantro
  • onion


Dietary Information

  • Gluten-Free

Nutrition Facts

NutrientAmount% Daily Needs
Calories405.11 kcal20.26%
Fat12.54 g19.29%
Saturated Fat3.4 g21.23%
Carbohydrates47.2 g15.73%
Net Carbohydrates39.29 g14.29%
Sugar6.53 g7.25%
Cholesterol69.87 mg23.29%
Sodium532.75 mg23.16%
Alcohol0.0 g100.0%
Alcohol %0.0 %100.0%
Protein27.87 g55.74%
Selenium37.92 µg54.17%
Phosphorus531.3 mg53.13%
Vitamin B10.78 mg52.16%
Vitamin B60.97 mg48.41%
Vitamin B36.99 mg34.94%
Zinc5.22 mg34.82%
Vitamin B20.56 mg33.17%
Fiber7.91 g31.64%
Magnesium103.13 mg25.78%
Potassium848.47 mg24.24%
Vitamin B52.36 mg23.59%
Manganese0.43 mg21.57%
Vitamin C16.78 mg20.35%
Vitamin B121.11 µg18.57%
Copper0.36 mg18.11%
Iron2.78 mg15.42%
Calcium134.75 mg13.47%
Vitamin E1.37 mg9.16%
Folate35.73 µg8.93%
Vitamin K6.14 µg5.84%
Vitamin D0.85 µg5.65%
Vitamin A248.99 IU4.98%