Easy peasy garlicky pork tacos
These spicy pork tacos are INCREDIBLY easy to cook. Just marinate a chunk of pork in the good stuff: garlic, lime, olive oil, chile pepper, then cook it low and slow (as God intended all pork to be cooked).
Cut it into strips, serve it in a tortilla with your favorite salsa and some tangy slaw and BAM! You got yourself a beautiful and tasty meal. NO extra chopping, shredding, sautéing or any other Masterchef magic. This is an incredibly easy recipe. Just marinate, cook, cut and eat.
If only everything in life could be so simple! If you are new to cooking this recipe is for you. No need for difficult to find Mexican spices as you might need for other recipes.
No tricky set-ups like you would need for tacos al pastor. Marinate and slow cook. Who knows, this could very well be the stepping stone that leads to more difficult recipes in the future!
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Slow Oven Cooked Spicy Garlic Pork Tacos
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Yield: 10-12 tacos 1x
Description
These pork tacos are marinated in garlic, lime and chile then slow-cooked in the oven to perfection and wrapped in a tortilla with fresh salsa and a tangy slaw. #tacos #pork #spicy #easymeals
Ingredients
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- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 1.5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1 tsp ground red chili pepper
- 300 g-400 g (10.5–14 oz) pork topside
- sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup finely shredded red cabbage
- 1 tbsp lemon juice or vinegar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- fresh salsa
- warm tortillas
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mix together garlic, olive oil, lime juice, and ground red chile pepper and set aside.
- Season the pork on both sides with a sprinkling of sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Coat pork on both sides with the garlic and lime spice mixture.
- Cover or put in a ziplock bag and allow to marinate in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours or overnight.
- When pork is ready, heat oven to 175C/350F.
- Place in a baking tray and cook in the oven for 45 min-1 hour or until internal temperature has reach 145F/63C. When fully cooked, take out the pork and let rest for 5-10 minutes then thinly slice.
- While pork is cooking, thinly slice cabbage and toss in lemon juice or vinegar, salt and sugar. Set aside.
- For assembly, place 2-3 pork slices in a corn tortilla alongside a sprinkling of cabbage and salsa. Enjoy!
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Tacos, Pork
- Method: slow roasting
- Cuisine: Mexican
Tex-Mex recipes to help spice things up:
How to make Corn Tortillas without a Tortilla Press
Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas with Red Sauce
Dinner in a Hurry Spicy Chicken Fajitas
So easy and so delicious! I think all those studies must skip us Millennials who cook for a living. 🙂
Technically, I am a millennial and I love having other millennials around for dinner. In their eyes, I am a culinary goddess. 🙂
Been trying to find a recipe using pork loin for tacos…can I use it in this? Couldn’t tell from your post what type of pork you’re using….if I use the loin should I cut it down the middle to have two thinner pieces? Thanks!
Pork loin should work for this. No need to cut it down the middle, just slow cook it until the inner temperature has reached 63C or 145F.