Marinated Pork Tacos with Pickled Onions using Florida Orange Juice

Marinated Pork Tacos with Pickled Onions using Florida Orange Juice
Marinated Pork Tacos with Pickled Onions using Florida Orange Juice
Marinated Pork Tacos with Pickled Onions using Florida Orange Juice
Marinated Pork Tacos with Pickled Onions using Florida Orange Juice

For The Pork
1 cup Florida Orange Juice
1 fresh squeezed lime
1 tbsp salt
3 tbsp ancho chili powder or chopped ancho chiles
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp oregano
2 garlic cloves finely chopped
2 1/2 lbs pork shoulder (pork butt)
 
For The Pickled Onion
1/2 cup Florida Orange Juice
1/2 cup white vinegar
1 medium red onion
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
 
Garnish
Corn or flour tortillas
Parsley
Guacamole

THEN;
 ◦Finely chop garlic and ancho chiles.
◦Add 2 tbsp of olive oil to Dutch oven and heat on low.
◦Add garlic and simmer for 2 minutes.
◦Add in cumin, salt, black pepper, oregano and stir in.
◦Pour 1 cup of Florida Orange Juice to the mix and stir.
◦In a pistol and mortar grind the chopped ancho chiles and add to the mixture and cook on medium heat for 5 minutes.
◦Squeeze in one fresh lime. 
◦Prep the pork by trimming off any excess fat on the outside of the pork and cut the pork shoulder into cubed pieces to speed up the cooking process.
◦Place the pork in a Dutch oven with the simmering juice. 
◦Stir in the pork and cover with the lid for 20 minutes.
◦Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.  Remove the Dutch oven from simmering stove top and place in oven with the lid on the pot. Cook for 2 hours, or until a fork can easily pierce the meat to shred it.
◦While the pork cooks, make the pickled onions by adding Florida Orange Juice, vinegar, sugar to a saucepan and bring to a boil.
◦Thinly slice the red onion and add to a bowl. Carefully pour the boiling mixture over the red onion. Let sit and marinate for at least an hour.
◦Remove the pork and using a fork tear into the pork shredding it. Mix it together with its juices to combine and transfer to bowl. Taste, adding more salt to the pork if necessary. 
◦Place tortillas in a hot pan to or over stove top flame to warm.
◦Scoop the pork on the hot tortilla and top with pickled red onion, a scoop of guacamole and garnish with cilantro


ENJOY!

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