Carnitas Tacos with Pickled Red Onion Recipe | Myrecipes - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
This Carnitas Tacos with Pickled Red Onion Recipe | Myrecipes is a PCOS-friendly recipe.
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 7 unpeeled garlic cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon grated orange rind
- 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice
- 4 teaspoons achiote paste
- 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons canola oil, divided
- 1 3/4 teaspoons kosher salt, divided
- 1 (1 1/2-pound) boneless pork shoulder, trimmed
- 1 cup thinly sliced red onion (half-moons)
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup cider vinegar
- 2 teaspoons light agave nectar or granulated sugar
- 12 Fresh Corn Tortillas or packaged corn tortillas, warmed
- 3/4 cup Tomatillo Salsa
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 250 °.
- Heat a large cast-iron skillet over medium heat. Add garlic to pan; cook 8 minutes or until skins are well charred, turning occasionally. Remove cloves from pan; cool 5 minutes, and discard skins. Combine garlic, rind, juice, achiote paste, and 2 teaspoons oil in a mini chopper; process until smooth.
- Sprinkle 1 teaspoon salt over pork. Brush achiote mixture evenly over pork. Place pork in a medium Dutch oven or ovenproof saucepan; cover and bake at 250 ° for 6 hours. Remove from oven, and let stand for 30 minutes.
- While pork cooks, place onion in a medium bowl. Combine 1/2 cup water, vinegar, agave, and remaining 3/4 teaspoon salt in a saucepan over medium-high heat; bring to a boil, stirring until salt dissolves. Pour vinegar mixture over onion; stir. Cover bowl with plastic wrap; cool to room temperature, rearranging as needed to keep onion submerged. Chill at least 1 hour.
- Place pork on a cutting board; shred with 2 forks. Discard fat.
- Heat a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add 2 tablespoons oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add 1 cup shredded pork to pan in an even layer; cook 3 minutes or until a crust develops, turning once. Place crisped pork on a platter. Repeat procedure with remaining shredded pork.
- Place 2 warm tortillas on each of 6 plates. Top each tortilla with 1 1/2 ounces crisped pork, 1 tablespoon Tomatillo Salsa, and 1 tablespoon pickled red onion.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Agave.
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