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15 August 2024

Pork Adobo Tacos

Ground Pork Recipe

Pork Adobo Tacos

Filipino flavours of adobo are classic with a sweet and sour tang that works perfectly with this pork taco recipe. You can also serve it over rice or tuck it into some crunchy lettuce leaves for a fresh tasting alternative.


Yield: Serves 4-6
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes

 

Ingredients:

  • 1 lb (500 g) Ontario ground pork
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 4 tbsp (60 mL) soy sauce, divided
  • 1 tbsp (15 mL) brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp (2 mL) pepper
  • 1 tbsp (15 mL) canola oil
  • 1 small onion, finely chopped
  • 1 small jalapeno pepper, seeded and diced
  • 2 tbsp (30 mL) oyster sauce
  • 2 tbsp (30 mL) white vinegar
  • 1 pkg (336 g) small corn or flour tortillas (about 5 inch/12.5 cm diameter)
  • 2 green onions, thinly sliced
  • 1 lime, cut into wedges (optional)

Cooking Instructions:

  1. Heat a nonstick skillet over medium high heat and brown pork evenly for about 5 minutes, breaking up with a spatula. Scrape into a colander and let pork drain. Wipe out skillet. Scrape pork into a bowl and stir in garlic, 2 tbsp (30 mL) of the soy sauce, brown sugar and pepper until well coated.
  2. Return skillet to medium heat and add oil. Cook onion and jalapeño for about 3 minutes or until softened. Return seasoned pork to skillet and stir in oyster sauce, vinegar and remaining soy sauce. Simmer for 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
  3. Warm tortillas if desired. Spoon pork mixture into tortillas and sprinkle with green onions and a squeeze of lime if desired.

Tip: Substitute crunchy baby gem or romaine leaves for the tortillas.

Nutritional Information
Pork Adobo Tacos
1/4 of recipe
Protein 29g
Calories 470
Sugar 6g
Fat 18g
  Saturated 5g
  Monounsaturated
  Polyunsaturated
Cholesterol 70mg
Sodium 1260mg
Potassium
Calcium 100mg
Carbohydrate 49g
Fibre 6g
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