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Pulled pork tacos

Corn tortillas filled with crispy pulled pork, traditional frijoles refritos and fresh vegetables and herbs.

To make the pulled pork
Ingredients
  • 400 gr pork shoulder
  • 1 onion
  • 1/2 ts salt
  • 1 jalapeno
  • 5 garlic cloves
  • juice from 1 orange
  • 1 ts cumin
  • vegetable oil for crisping the pork

Method

  1. Rinse the pork and rub it well with salt, cumin and pepper.
  2. In a large tray add the pork, the onion, the jalapeno and the crushed garlic cloves, squeeze the orange, add water to cover the meat and cover with kitchen foil.
  3. Place it in the oven and cook for 4-5 hours at 120 C. After this time, the pork should be falling apart. Remove the foil and cook until the liquid evaporates.
  4. Discard the onion and shred the meat by using two forks. Heat 2 tb of oil and fry the pork until gets crispy.
To make the refried beans
Ingredients
  • 1 can of cooked black beans
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 tb butter
  • 1/2 ts ground cumin
  • 1/4 ts salt
  • 100ml water
  • 1 tb lemon juice

Method

  1. To make the refried beans, heat butter and add the minced garlic. Fry until you start smelling the garlic, about 1 min.
  2. Add the black beans, water, salt, cumin, and lemon juice. Use a potato masher or the back of a fork to mash the beans.
To assemble the tacos
Ingredients

Method

  1. Grill each tortilla on both sides.
  2. On each tortilla add some refried beans, pulled pork, and top with chopped green onion, avocado, roasted pepper, tomato, coriander and dour cream.

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