Authentic Pork Tacos
- Ready In:
- 6hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Yields:
-
23 ???
- Serves:
- 25-30
ingredients
- 20 lbs pork butt
- 2 -3 anaheim chilies
- 2 -3 serrano chilies
- 1 whole yellow onion
- 1 tablespoon Mexican oregano
- 6 tablespoons ground cumin (adjust to taste)
- 2 -3 tablespoons Hungarian paprika (adjust to taste)
- 3 -4 garlic cloves
- water (enough to cover pork butt in stock pot)
- 1 (105 ounce) can diced tomatoes
- 2 -3 cups orange juice
- 1 lime, juice of
- 1 tablespoon thyme
- salt (to taste)
- 1 -3 liter chicken stock (or more adjust to taste)
- 2 guajillo chilies (optional)
directions
- Get a large stock pot.
- Trim most of the big pieces of fat from the pork butt and add to stock pot.
- add chicken broth and water to cover.
- add all spices listed above.
- chop and de-seed all peppers, use gloves while doing so and add to pot.
- add can of tomatoes.
- add orange juice.
- add salt (adjust later).
- cook for 6 hours or until pork is tender enough to shred.
- Shred pork and assemble tacos with corn tortilla wraps and Mexican farmers cheese and fresh Pico salsa.
- Disclaimer ( You may need to experiment with measurements since I usually eyeball all of this and taste as I go).
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