Chipotle Pork Tacos
This delicious recipe features tender roasted pork mixed with a spicy chipotle salsa, all wrapped up in warm corn tortillas and topped with creamy avocado slices, fresh cilantro, and crumbled cheese. It's a flavor-packed dish that comes together quickly for a satisfying meal any day of the week.
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 3 Tbs. olive oil
- 3 cups roasted pork, cut into thin strips or shredded
- (see related recipe at left)
- Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
- 1 can (7 oz.) chipotle chilies in adobo sauce
- Juice of 1 lime
- 8 corn tortillas, each 5 inches in diameter, warmed
- 1 avocado, halved, pitted, peeled and thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves
- 1/4 red onion, minced
- 1/2 cup
- , crumbled
Instructions
- <b>Heat the pork</b>
- In a large fry pan over medium-high heat, warm 2 Tbs. of the olive oil. Add the pork, season with salt and pepper, and cook until heated through, about 2 minutes.
- <b>Make the salsa and assemble the tacos</b>
- In a blender, puree the chipotle chilies in adobo sauce, the remaining 1 Tbs. oil and the lime juice. Divide the pork evenly among the tortillas. Drizzle with the salsa and top with the avocado. Garnish with the cilantro, onion and <i>queso fresco</i> and serve immediately. Serves 4.
- Adapted from Williams-Sonoma Food Made Fast Series, <i>One Pot,</i> by Carrolyn Carre&#241;o (Oxmoor House, 2008).
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