Tacos With Carnitas And Avocado Butter
- Total Time
- 1 hour 30 minutes, plus 1 hour's standing
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Ingredients
- 2pounds pork belly
- Kosher salt and ground black pepper
- 2ripe avocados
- 1tablespoon canola oil
- ½ripe red bell pepper or 1 small fresh serrano chili
- Juice of ½ lemon, or to taste
- 1bunch cilantro
- 1large white onion
- Corn tortillas
Preparation
- Step 1
To make carnitas, remove skin along top of pork belly and the layer of fat underneath. Cut meat into small cubes, and salt and pepper it. Allow to stand for about an hour.
- Step 2
Heat oven to 300 degrees. Place pork on a mesh rack in a roasting pan. Roast until cubes turn lightly crisp, about 1½ hours.
- Step 3
As pork roasts, prepare avocado butter. In a bowl, mash avocados. Add oil, and salt and pepper to taste. Mince the bell pepper or serrano chili (for a spicier result), and add to avocado. Add lemon juice. Blend well, cover and refrigerate.
- Step 4
Chop cilantro and place in a small bowl. Chop onion and place in another small bowl.
- Step 5
When the carnitas are ready, remove from oven and set aside. Warm tortillas over low heat on a griddle. Spread each tortilla with avocado butter and add a generous portion of carnitas. Serve, passing the diners the bowls of cilantro and onions.
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Comments
Half-inch to an inch, depending on how you like it in your tortilla.
how small are "small cubes"? one inch?