Meat dishes
Carnitas tacos
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Slow-braised pork, crisped in a pan and served in warm tortillas – authentic Mexican street food to make at home.
Timing
- Preparation: approx. 20 minutes
- Cooking time: approx. 180 minutes
- Total: approx. 3.5 hours
Estimated nutrition
per serving · Calculated for 4 servings.
- Energy
- ≈ 750 kcal
- Protein
- ≈ 58.7 g
- Carbohydrates
- ≈ 40.4 g
- Fat
- ≈ 38.7 g
Approximate values based on the listed ingredients. Brands, cheese, portion size and preparation can change the values.
Calculation basis
Item weights and household measures are estimated. Unless specified: milk with 1.5% fat, cream with 30% fat and Gouda cheese. Optional ingredients, small amounts of seasoning and separately listed side dishes are excluded. For imprecise entries, the amounts below and comparable reference products are assumed. For alternatives, the first listed ingredient is used. Cooking losses have not been measured.
Quantity assumptions and ingredient mapping
- 8 tortillas · ≈ 320.0 g
- 2 onions · ≈ 200.0 g
- 1 lime · ≈ 25.0 g
Matvaretabellen: Mattilsynet · Santa Maria
Food data: Max Rubner-Institut, BLS 4.0 (2025), CC BY 4.0. Calculated and rounded for this recipe. BLS 4.0 · CC BY 4.0
Ingredients
- 1 kg pork shoulder
- 8 tortillas
- 2 onions
- 1 lime
- coriander
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
- Braise the pork.
- Shred with forks.
- Crisp briefly in a hot pan.
- Serve in tortillas.
