Description
These Carnitas Street Tacos are packed with flavor, featuring juicy pork, crisp cabbage, and zesty lime. Perfect for a quick dinner or casual gathering, they’re a delicious way to enjoy homemade tacos.
Ingredients
Scale
- 12 small flour tortillas or corn tortillas
- 3 cups slow-cooker pork carnitas or traditional pork carnitas
- 2 cups very thinly shredded green cabbage or iceberg lettuce
- ½ red onion very thinly sliced
- ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 3 limes cut into wedges
- sour cream
- crumbled cotija cheese or shredded cheese of your choice
- hot sauce or salsa
Instructions
- Warm the tortillas in a hot skillet or microwave until soft.
- Place the warmed meat into each tortilla.
- Top each taco with shredded cabbage, onion, and cilantro.
- Squeeze a wedge of lime over each taco.
- Serve with additional toppings like sour cream, cheese, and hot sauce.
Notes
Feel free to customize toppings based on your taste.
For extra flavor, consider marinating the pork beforehand.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 taco
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 360mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 24g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 11g
- Cholesterol: 30mg