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Caramelized Pork Tacos with Pineapple Salsa

Name: Caramelized Pork Tacos with Pineapple Salsa
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon oil; 1 shallot, minced; 1 clove garlic, minced; 1 jalapeño, diced with ribs and seeds removed; 2 teaspoons fish sauce; 18 ounces boneless pork loin, sliced into thin strips; 2 tablespoons sugar; 2 tablespoons water; 1 cup chopped pineapple; 1 cup chopped cucumber; 1/2 cup chopped cilantro; 1/2 red onion or shallot, chopped; a squeeze of lime juice; a pinch of salt; 8 tortillas; 1/4 cup cilantro; 1 lime, sliced into sections; chili sauce

Recipe by Pinch of Yum · ★ 4.7 (97) · indexed by SeasonSort

25 min

Total time

Servings

~$1.40

Per serving · Midwest

In-season items

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Ingredients

Cooking for

Adults 6

Kids 0

1 tablespoon oil
1 shallot, minced in season · cheap now
1 clove garlic, minced in season · cheap now
1 jalapeño, diced with ribs and seeds removed in season · cheap now
2 teaspoons fish sauce
18 ounces boneless pork loin, sliced into thin strips
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons water
1 cup chopped pineapple in season · cheap now
1 cup chopped cucumber in season · cheap now
1/2 cup chopped cilantro
1/2 red onion or shallot, chopped in season · cheap now
a squeeze of lime juice in season · cheap now
a pinch of salt
8 tortillas
1/4 cup cilantro
1 lime, sliced into sections in season · cheap now
chili sauce

Nutrition · per serving

204

Calories

20 g

Protein

21 g

Carbs

5 g

Fat

Nutrition as published by Pinch of Yum. Cost is an estimate from this week’s regional produce & meat prices plus typical pantry costs. Indexed as factual data — the full method and photos live on Pinch of Yum.

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