I debated on whether or not I would actually share this meal with you as it’s a little odd and the only local ingredients in it are pork and lettuce but they were so delicious that I’m just going to do it anyway!
Pork tacos with mango and pineapple salsa (so delicious!)
I got pork chops in my last CSA delivery and I was unsure as to what I was going to end up doing with them. We had some leftover mango pineapple salsa from the night before so I figured I’d make delicious tropical pork tacos. All the fruits and avocado were bought at Aldi, the delicious German grocery store scattered throughout the US that has food for entirely too cheap. I’m not sure how they’re allowed to discount their prices so much but they don’t provide grocery bags so I support them. I got 2 mangos, a pineapple, and 5 (yes 5) avocados from them for a whopping $8. Are you freaking kidding me?! Avocados there are $0.89!!! That’s $2 cheaper than at the teet.
I’ve decided to add a new segment to my blog which I think you will all find very helpful: a grocery list :)
1 pineapple
2 mangoes
Cilantro
Purple onion
Green pepper
Pork chops
Tortillas
Cheese
Sour cream (you should always have this in your fridge. Sour cream : Eastern Europeans :: EPI pen : someone having a massive allergic reaction)
Orange Juice
Garlic, salt, pepper, olive oil
Let’s start with the mango pineapple salsa, shall we?
½ pineapple
2 mangoes
Cilantro
Garlic (if there ever isn’t garlic in one of my recipes, that was a typo)
½ purple onion
Salt
Pepper
Step 1) Cut up about half of the pineapple while occasionally snacking on pieces of it. Dice it up real small like into bite size pieces. Do that with the mangoes and the purple onion. Also dice up the cilantro so your kitchen and your hands smell wonderfully like cilantro.
Step 2) Throw all your fruits, veggies, and cilantro into a bowl.
Step 3) Add in about 1 clove of garlic, salt and pepper to taste
Step 4) Mix it all together all delicious-like and enjoy with chips while you make your tacos.
Seriously that is one of my favorite summer snacks. It’s cool, calm, and collected (like Maebe when no one is watching).
Pork Tacos!
½ Purple onion
Green pepper
Avocados
Lettuce
1 slice (about ¾ cup when measured out) of pineapple
2 Pork chops
Tortillas
Cheese (we used pepper jack and it was the bomb)
Sour cream
Orange Juice
Garlic, salt, pepper, olive oil
The marinade:
This was a bit tricky because I used the Alison methodology of following recipes which is to glance at a few recipes online, follow the common theme while cooking, and see what happens. This generally works but this past time it did not. I’ll modify it here now, without having tested it just like this, and hopefully it will be delish.**
**what we ate was delish but these modification should make it more delish.
Step 1) Put ½ cup of orange juice, ¾ cup ish of pineapple, ¼ onion, salt, and pepper into a blender and press liquefy. This will make what looks like a smoothie but, as a former professional blendgineer, I would recommend you don’t drink it. Put this in a Tupperware or plastic zip lock bag, or whatever your marinade/meat container of choice is.
Step 2) Chop up the pork into bite size pieces and throw them in with your marinade. It looks gross, but you’ll like the results (I hope).
Step 3) Go derp around for a little bit. Maybe walk the dog, go for a jog, perhaps throw a Frisbee around. I personally enjoy pestering the neighbors although there is also always work to be done.
….2 hours later….
Los tacos deliciosos:
Step 1) Get out a nice big pan for sautéing and, on medium heat, put in olive oil, salt, and pepper.
Step 2) Put the pork (not the pork and marinade as you probably have more marinade than pork) into the pan and add a little bit of marinade.
Step 3) Watch it simmer and cook for about 5 minutes.
Step 4) Ask Jordan to remove the batteries from the smoke detector temporarily. Too late. When is my lease up?
Step 5) Did you dice your green pepper yet? I didn’t tell you to do that yet. Oops. Dice it up and then throw it into your pan. It should look something like this:
Assembly:
On top of your tortilla combine pork with peppers, lettuce, avocados, cheese, salsa, and sour cream… or whatever else you want. I bet black beans would be a nice addition to this dish but I happen to think they’re nasty.
I was skeptical about this dish but it turned out to be pheNOMenal! One of our lovely neighbors walked into our apartment and said it smelled heavenly! Boom! I wish my smoke detector had the same sentiments…
Delicious Level: 4/5 Noms (om nom nom nom nom)
Difficulty Level: Not too bad. Lots of steps
Lesson Learned: Figure out the marinade :D
Here's to eatin' good and eatin' local! Cheers and uff-da!
