Pork Carnitas Tacos with Cilantro Lime Crema and Cream Corn
Pork Carnitas Tacos use pork tenderloin, shredded perfectly to fit into your tortillas and they are topped pickled red onions, goat cheese & tangy cilantro lime crema! On the side, a Creamy Corn with goat cheese that is to die for!
Course Main Course
Cuisine Mexican
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 4people
Author Carrie Tyler
Ingredients
1LbPork tenderloin
1Tsp.Ground cumin
1Tsp.Chili powder
4Fresh Scallions
6ozGoat Cheese
12Corn Tortillas
1CupSour Cream
2Limes
4Tbls.Cilantro, chopped + leaves for tacos
Pickled Onions
1Large red onion
1CupWhite or Red wine vinegar
3TblsWhite sugar
Creamy Corn
4CupsFrozen Corn
1tblsButter
2tblsSour Cream
2teaspoonCilantro, chopped
3tblsGoat Cheese, crumbled
Instructions
Make Pork filling
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Season the pork with Cumin, Chili Powder, Salt, Pepper making sure to coat all sides evenly. Place on sheet pan and cook in oven for 30min. Make sure pork center is 145º. Turn off oven, cover with aluminum and keep pork in for another 10minutes.
Slice the pork tenderloin into 1.5 inch pieces, then shred pork into bite size pieces (this is easily done using your own fingers)
Onions
Cut the red onion in half and then thinly slice and separate thin slices into a bowl that is large enough to cover the onion with the pickling liquid.
In a saucepan, bring 1 cup white vinegar and 2 Tbls sugar to a boil and then turn off the heat and stir to make sure the sugar is completely dissolved. Pour the hot mixture over the onions and push down to make sure covered by the liquid. Let sit until up to room temperature, then place in refrigerator until ready to use
Tortillas
Once pork is done, turn oven down to 300º. Wrap 12 tortillas in aluminum foil & place in oven for 10 minutes. Turn off oven & let stay in oven until ready to eat
Make Cilantro Lime Crema
Add sour cream to small bowl
Zest 1 lime and add the zest + juice from half the lime into sour cream & mix to combine until smooth. If needed add juice from ¼ more of the lime at a time tasting as you add to make sure it doesn't get to acidic.
Add 1 teaspoon chopped Cilantro and salt/pepper to taste to crema
Make Corn
Add corn into small pot with 1 tbls Butter to thaw and heat through
Add 2 tbls Sour Cream, 2 teaspoon chopped Cilantro. Remove from heat and crumble 3 tbls goat cheese into the corn and mix to combine
Plate: Tortillas, pork, pickled red onions, goat cheese, then add fresh cilantro leaves