Tex-Mex Carnitas

Submitted by jessymroberts

"From Tastes & Tales From Texas... with love by Peg Hein, c. 1984. This dish of shredded pork wrapped in flour tortillas is a slightly different and delicious version of an enchilada."

 

• Ready In: 5hrs 10mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 1 (3 -5 lb) pork roast
• 1 (1 1/4 ounce) package taco seasoning
• 1 cup water
• 1 (4 ounce) can green chilies, diced
• 12 flour tortillas

directions

1. Cook pork roast 3 hours at 325*. Cool. Shred meat, discarding any fat. Place shredded meat, taco seasoning, water and green chilies in a large saucepan and simmer over low heat for 2 hours.
2. When ready to serve, steam tortillas to soften. Place a generous portion of shredded pork mixture on each tortilla and fold over. May be served with refried beans, guacamole, shredded lettus, shredded cheese, sour cream, Pico de Gallo, picante sauce, or any other garnish of your choice.

Reviews

[IFortuna]

We never season our pork when we make street tacos. We cook butt or shoulder pork roasts, shred, crisp in dry pan or under the broiler, and top with pico de gallo. Serve with optional lime wedges. Lime brings out the natural salt in food. Traditional tacos are made without seasoning. Make your own, then you can tweak it as suits your taste if you must use seasoning. You can use mild chile powder, cumin and Greek oregano. If you use Mexican oregano use only a little as it is very strong. Traditional Mexican food does not use garlic. This is all you need without all the other additives of packaged. No fillers, no preservatives and fresher this way. Canned chiles are Anaheim chiles unless you buy adobo. Anaheim chiles are very mild. Anaheim chiles or Poblano chiles (hotter) are the ones used for chile relleno. Top them with homemade salsa. Not all Mexicans like spicy or hot spicy foods. This is why small bottles of hot sauce and hot peppers are served on the side with Mexican food in restaurants traditionally.

 

[Milkman's Daughter]

This recipe is so good AND easy! I used all the same ingredients but because I love to use my crockpot as much as possible, I just added the ingredients to my crockpot and let it cook all day, then shredded with a fork when I got home. I have used this on pork, chicken and roast beef...all were wonderful. Thanks for sharing this great, easy recipe!

 

[Holly M.]

Hmmm, wonder how long a pressure cooker would take....

 

[Catbird]

Great way to use up leftover pulled pork. Thank you!

 

[mightyro_cooking4u]

This was very easy and tasty. I cut the meat in half, but used the same amount for the other ingredients. Made as written. Tagged for 123 Hit Wonders. I will make again as an alternative to pulled pork.