Spice-rubbed pork tacos with tomato salsa

Recipes / Meat

Mix Latin American flavours of cumin and paprika to make this easy Mexican favourite.

Recipe «Spice-rubbed pork tacos with tomato salsa» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 15 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 1 x 250g punnet cherry tomatoes, quartered, 1 tbsp chopped fresh coriander, 1 tbsp fresh lime juice, Pinch of sugar, 2 tsp ground cumin , 2 tsp ground paprika, 500g pork leg steaks, thinly sliced across the grain, 1 tbsp olive oil , 1 large red onion, halved, cut into thin wedges, 1 red capsicum, deseeded, thinly sliced, 12 taco shells, Shredded iceberg lettuce, to serve.

Ingredients:

  • 1 x 250g punnet cherry tomatoes, quartered 
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh coriander 
  • 1 tbsp fresh lime juice 
  • Pinch of sugar 
  • 2 tsp ground cumin 
  • 2 tsp ground paprika 
  • 500g pork leg steaks, thinly sliced across the grain 
  • 1 tbsp olive oil 
  • 1 large red onion, halved, cut into thin wedges 
  • 1 red capsicum, deseeded, thinly sliced 
  • 12 taco shells 
  • Shredded iceberg lettuce, to serve 

Instructions

  1. Combine the tomato, coriander and lime juice in a small bowl. Add the sugar and season with salt and pepper.
  2. Combine the cumin and paprika in a glass or ceramic dish. Add the pork and stir to coat. Heat half the oil in a large non-stick frying pan over high heat. Add half the pork and stir-fry for 3 minutes or until golden. Transfer to a plate. Repeat with the remaining pork, reheating the pan between batches.
  3. Heat the remaining oil in the frying pan over medium heat. Add the onion and stir-fry for 3 minutes or until onion softens slightly. Add the capsicum and stir-fry for 2 minutes or until the capsicum is just tender. Add the pork and stir-fry for a further 1-2 minutes or until the pork is heated through.
  4. Heat the taco shells following packet directions. Divide the lettuce and the pork mixture among the taco shells. Spoon a little of the tomato mixture over each taco. Serve with the remaining tomato mixture.