What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Enjoyable Eats: Red Onion Mexican Street Tacos! As promised, today’s feature recipe takes us down the road to Jalisco-style tacos. Forget about the “loaded” tortilla shells you may be familiar with, or even default to when making Mexican food at home. This handheld taco steps “outside the box”. The ingredients are fewer, yet focus on freshness. For those who appreciate it, cilantro is a star attraction. Roasted meat, shredded into small pieces, and chopped red onions with a squeeze of lime wedge create a flavor explosion that, honestly, will pull you back enough to slow down and savor every bite. Perhaps you may even chew your food 20 or 30 times before swallowing to appreciate this virtual trip to a seldom-traveled Mexican village.
RED ONION MEXICAN STREET TACOS
Ingredients:
24-count street-size corn tortillas
1 pound seasoned shredded turkey or pork carnitas
1 red onion, chopped
1 bunch fresh cilantro, chopped
2 limes, cut into wedges
Jalisco Pico de Gallo*
Instructions:
Warm shredded carnita meat in a microwave-proof covered casserole dish until steamy and heated through. Set aside. To warm street-size corn tortillas, place a dry iron skillet on the stove top over medium heat. Cook tortillas 30 seconds per side. Wrap a stack of five or six in aluminum foil to keep warm in a 200° preheated oven. When ready to assemble, place a portion of carnitas on each corn tortilla. Layer with chopped cilantro and red onions. Squeeze a lime wedge over all. Top with Jalisco Pico de Gallo.
*Follow the link for recipe.
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LOOKS INVITING GAIL BUT IS IT ‘HOT’?
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Actually, you control the “heat” by how much Pico de Gallo you use. 🍃🌶
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Reblogged this on LIVING THE DREAM.
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Gotta love it! 🌮
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My mouth is watering! So beautiful to behold, and I just know one bite will be a spicy delight!
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Perfect for my youngest son. He loves tacos and onions!
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I choose corn tortillas over flour every time. 🌮
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I rather choose corn either since I like to avoid wheat.
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Such wonderful colors and that crunch, I can just imagine that crunch. Mmmmm.
Have a great Thanksgiving, Gail.
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Does “Street-size tortillas” mean I can eat a half a dozen? (Asking for a friend. 😜)
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LOL
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el hombre tiene hambre!
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Gotta love Google. “The man is hungry.” I’m happy to oblige. 👏
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I like the play on words in Spanish
Hombre/ Hambre
Here is another
mi esposa está esposada
Not really! 😆
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I’m gonna leave that one alone. lol Here’s a funny experience I had in France. I ate at a wonderful restaurant. As I finished I said to the garçon, “Je suis fini.” He laughed to himself and replied, “ You just told me you were dead. You meant to say, “J’ai fini”, which means “I have finished.” I never forgot. lol
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Ha ha ha!!!!
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Awesome meal for left over turkey.. 😉
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See? Great minds think alike. 👏
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absolutely.. 😉 xx
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