Shredded Carnitas Soft Shell Taco With Pepper Jack Food

CARNITAS TACOS

Steps:

• Cut roast in half; place in a 4- or 5-qt. slow cooker. Sprinkle with taco seasoning. Pour tomatoes over top. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until meat is tender., Remove meat from slow cooker; shred with 2 forks. Skim fat from cooking juices. Return meat to slow cooker; heat through. Using a slotted spoon, place 1/2 cup on each tortilla; top with cheese. Serve with sour cream if desired.

ZESTY CARNITAS TACOS

Steps:

• Carnitas: Trim fat from pork. Cut pork into 2- to 3-inch pieces; transfer to a 4-quart slow cooker. Stir in onion, orange juice, cumin, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, oregano, and cayenne.
• Cover and cook on Low 8 to 10 hours, or on High 4 to 5 hours. Transfer pork to a large bowl; shred using 2 forks. Add enough cooking liquid from slow cooker to moisten.
• Lime Crema: Add 2 tablespoons lime juice to a small bowl. Stir in yogurt and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Dust with chili powder.
• Tacos: Serve pork in tortillas with cabbage, red onion, and pico de gallo (if using). Garnish with crema and lime zest.

SHREDDED CARNITAS SOFT SHELL TACO WITH PEPPER JACK

Steps:

• In a large pot place in the pork, onion, garlic, salt, chili powder, cumin and fill with water and place onto the stove and bring to a boil for 5 minutes and reduce heat to a low simmer for 2 1/2 hours or until the pork in tender. Remove the pork and set aside to cool to room temperature and pour the stock into a colander and trash the onion and garlic.
• In a mixing bowl hand shredded Carnitas meat and the rest of the ingredients and combine and set aside for 15 minutes.
• Slice the onion into 1/8" strip and place into a nonstick skillet with oil and sauté over a medium heat until light brown and tender. Combine the Carnitas mixture and onion and sauté until light and crispy.
• In a medium size skillet lightly oil over a medium high heat, place a corn tortillas, slice of pepper jack and top with corn tortillas and when the pepper jack cheese slice start to go soft turn the corn tortillas over and when both side in a lightly brown and take some of the Carnitas filling and one half and fold in half and pan fry until light and crispy on both side. Repeat this step until done. Sprinkle both side of the taco with Parmesan cheese and serve warm.

CARNITAS (SLOW ROASTED PORK) TACOS - TACOS DE CARNITAS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 450°F.
• 2. Blend the garlic, onion, oregano, thyme, salt and 1/2 cup of water in a blender until fairly smooth.
• 3. Combine the pork and buy leaves in a 6-quart dutch oven or deep baking dish that can hold the porkin no more than 2 layers. Pour the blended mixture and the Coca-Cola over the pork and stir & toss well.
• 4. Cover the pot and cook in the oven until the pork is very tender, about 2 hours. The sides of the pot might look dark. Thats just fine.
• 5. Uncover the pot and return to the oven. Continue cooking, tossing well and scraping the bottom and sides of pot every 10 minutes., until the pork is slightly crispy on the outside and deep golden brown, about 30 minutes. Coarsely shred the pork.
• 6. Make Ahead: You can make carnitas up to three days before you plan to serve.
• 7. Serve alongside 24 warm CORN TORTILLAS and LIME WEDGES and top with CHOPPED WHITE ONION, CHOPPED CILANTRO, and FRESH GREEN SALSA, JALAPENO AND PINAPPLE SALSA, OR PICO DE GALLO WITH LEMON ZEST.

TURTLE SHELL TACOS #RSC

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Crumple 4 sheets of Reynolds Wrap into 4 LOOSE balls, each about 4-5 inches in diameter (about the size of a softball). Place the balls onto a cookie sheet.
• On a separate sheet of Reynolds Wrap, place three biscuits in a circle, overlapping each biscuit slightly. With fingertips, pat biscuits into an 8-inch circle. Repeat, forming four biscuit circles.
• Drape each biscuit circle over one of the foil balls. Bake in oven for 8-10 minutes. Remove and cool. (Can be prepared 1-2 days ahead).
• Meanwhile, heat oil in pan, and sauté onions with ground beef. Brown ground beef. Drain. Return to pan and add taco seasoning, and water. Bring to boil, and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Invert biscuit shells onto plates.
• Add shredded lettuce, divide ground beef between shells. Add 1/4 cup black beans to each serving. Divide remaining ingredients among servings. Serve with salsa, if desired.

SLOW COOKER CARNITAS TACOS

Steps:

• Cut white rough and fat off shoulder.
• Rinse and dry shoulder.
• Mix salt, pepper, and cummin.
• Rub pork with salt, pepper, and cumin.
• Let sit overnite to marinade.
• Next morning, put in large slo-cooker on low. Cover with rotel.
• Cover and cook for 8 to 10 hours.
• DO NOT DRAIN JUICE.
• Try to transfer to plate. Remove bones and shred meat.
• If not able to transfer, while in cooker, pull bones N joints out, and shred meat in cooker.
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• Assemble tacos.
• Remove and drain meat as needed (1 at a time) for tacos with slotted spoon.
• Garnish with sour cream, salsa, and cilantro leaves.
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• Leftovers are great heated with BBQ sauce.