There are so many delicious elements to these tacos. The pork was cooked to tender perfection, then lightly fried in a lovely reduced sauce of orange, lemon and chipotles. All of it in our beautiful corn tortillas, slathered with crema macha, and topped with beautiful avocado salsa. Every layer is as tasty as the other and all are made with easy-to-find ingredients.
Easy Carnitas
-1 kg pork, most fat removed, cut into 5 cm cubes
-4 garlic cloves
-1 tbsp oregano
-1 to 3 chipotles in adobo, finely diced (the more you add, the spicier it gets whilst adding lots of flavours too!)
-1 orange juiced
-½ lemon juiced
-1 cup beer (we used IPA)
-2 cups of water
-1 tbsp salt
1 Place the pork, garlic cloves, chipotles, oregano, salt, orange and lemon juice, beer and water in a large pan or dutch oven with a lid. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Once it boils, bring the heat to a minimum, cover the pot and cook for about 1 hour or until the pork is almost ready.
2 At this point, remove the lid and continue cooking over medium-high to reduce the liquid. Continue cooking until the pork is soft and starts to fry about 20 to 25 minutes. Make sure to mash the garlic cloves so they dissolve into the thickening liquid. Do not over-crisp the pork to avoid drying.
Crema Macha
-½ cup creme fraiche
-1 to 2 tbsp salsa macha This salsa is hot and full of flavours and lovely textures! Add more or less to your taste.
-lemon juice, to taste
-salt to taste
1 Mix the creme fraiche and salsa macha until creamy. Season with a bit of fresh lemon juice and salt.
Avocado Salsa
-2 avocados, diced
-1 fresh jalapeno, diced
-½ red onion, diced
-½ lemon, juiced
-1 tbsp olive oil
-1 tsp oregano
-½ tsp garlic powder
-1 tsp salt (more to taste)
-fresh coriander, chopped, to taste
-sumac, to taste (optional)
1 Place the onions and jalapenos in a medium bowl and add the lemon juice, olive oil, oregano, garlic powder and salt to taste. You can leave them to rest while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.
2 Add and mix the diced avocado and the coriander. Season with salt to taste. Sprinkle some sumac on top for added delicious flavour.
To Serve
-crema macha
-avocado salsa
1 Warm up corn tortillas and keep them hot in a tortilla warmer
2 Spread a good layer of crema macha on the tortilla and add plenty of pork.
3 Top with avocado salsa, salsa verde and any topping you want!
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