When it comes to tacos, I don't fuck around in the slightest

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02/28/2015 at 22:05 • Filed to: Foodlopnik

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My gf said she wanted tacos this weekend while we binge watch House of Cards. So I took that as an opportunity to make shredded pork adobo and slap it into some tacos. They were, quite simply, insane.

The pork, well, that was some beautiful pork shoulder from my favorite butcher, slow braised in a mix of beer, tomatoes, onion, jalapeno, chipotle, cilantro, green onion, garlic, clementines, coriander, cumin, oregano, and cinnamon.

I took the pork out, and removed the inedible stuff like clementines, skimmed some fat off the braising liquid, blended it all up with my immersion blender, set it aside as salsa, shredded the pork, and mixed it back up with the salsa.

The tacos were legit corn tortillas, the pork, queso fresco, avocado slices, pickled shallots, radishes, and cilantro.

Ho lee fuck.

(And yes, I went back for seconds.)


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Kinja'd!!! Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Textured Soy Protein
02/28/2015 at 22:07

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Damn, those look GREAT! Hungry now? Oh yes.


Kinja'd!!! Leadbull > Textured Soy Protein
02/28/2015 at 22:31

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Kinja'd!!! PatBateman > Textured Soy Protein
02/28/2015 at 22:36

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¿Dònde està la Cholula?


Kinja'd!!! Nisman > Textured Soy Protein
02/28/2015 at 22:38

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Sum ting oh so right


Kinja'd!!! Textured Soy Protein > PatBateman
02/28/2015 at 22:58

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Plenty of heat from the jalapeños and chipotles in the sauce from the pork. In addition to the sauce that I mixed the pork up with, I had another pint of the stuff left. Which I dolloped on top of the meat.


Kinja'd!!! f86sabre > Textured Soy Protein
02/28/2015 at 23:18

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we'll done. A proper taco is a thing of beauty.


Kinja'd!!! macanamera > Textured Soy Protein
02/28/2015 at 23:26

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As a professional eater of tacos...I respect your taco game.


Kinja'd!!! Manny05x > Textured Soy Protein
03/01/2015 at 00:07

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tacos de lengua. That's all I have to say.


Kinja'd!!! samssun > Textured Soy Protein
03/01/2015 at 00:28

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Nice work on the slow cooked pork shoulder. Nice work on the salsa. Not feeling the extra cilantro on top (otherwise delicious Chipotle is slowly ruining it for me).

Now do fish. With creamy chipotle lime sauce.


Kinja'd!!! Flat Six > Textured Soy Protein
03/01/2015 at 01:46

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Want. Now.


Kinja'd!!! Textured Soy Protein > Manny05x
03/01/2015 at 10:26

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I'm a big lengua fan. The gf...not so much. So I'm pretty sure that'll have to be more something I order at a taqueria than make at home.


Kinja'd!!! Textured Soy Protein > samssun
03/01/2015 at 10:57

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Maybe you have the cilantro-hating gene .


Kinja'd!!! Manny05x > Textured Soy Protein
03/01/2015 at 11:42

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aww she don't know what she missing.