Tostadas Supremas with Pork

🥘 Ingredients

• flour tortillas
  4 unit
• ground pork
  1 lb
• lime
  1 unit
• long green pepper
  1 unit
• mexican cheese blend
  ½ cup
• olive oil
  2 tbsp
• onion
  1 unit
• sour cream
  2 tbsp
• southwest spice blend
  1 tsp
• tex-mex paste
  2 tbsp
• tomato
  2 unit

🍳 Cookware

• baking sheet
• small bowl

1. 

   1

   Adjust rack to top position and preheat oven to 450 degrees. Wash and dry all produce. Halve, core, and thinly slice long green pepper crosswise into strips. Halve and peel onion ; thinly slice one half. Finely chop remaining half until you have 2 tbsp. Dice tomato . Zest and quarter lime .

   long green pepper: 1 unit, onion: 1 unit, tomato: 2 unit, lime: 1 unit
2. 

   2

   Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add ground pork and southwest spice blend ; cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until browned ⏱️ 3 minutes . If there’s excess grease in your pan, carefully pour it out.

   olive oil: 2 tbsp, ground pork: 1 lb, southwest spice blend: 1 tsp
3. 

   3

   Add poblano and sliced onion to pan with pork. Cook, stirring, until veggies are tender and pork is cooked through, ⏱️ 5 minutes . Add tex-mex paste and ¼ cup water. Simmer until thickened, ⏱️ 1 minute . Season with black pepper. Turn off heat; cover to keep warm.

   tex-mex paste: 2 tbsp
4. 

   4

   Meanwhile, drizzle flour tortillas with 1 tbsp olive oil; brush or rub to coat all over. Arrange on a baking sheet in a single layer. Gently prick each tortilla in a few places with a fork. Toast on top rack, flipping halfway through, until lightly golden, ⏱️ 4 minutes per side. Tortillas brown quickly—keep a close eye on them.

   flour tortillas: 4 unit
5. 

   5

   While tortillas toast, in a small bowl , combine tomato, chopped onion, juice from half the lime, and a pinch of salt and pepper. In a separate small bowl, combine sour cream , a squeeze of lime juice, and a pinch of lime zest to taste. Stir in water 1 tsp at a time until mixture reaches a drizzling consistency. Season with salt.

   sour cream: 2 tbsp
6. 

   6

   Evenly sprinkle toasted tortillas with mexican cheese blend . Return to oven until cheese melts, ⏱️ 1 minute . Divide cheesy tortillas between plates and top with pork mixture, pico de gallo, and crema. Serve with any remaining lime wedges on the side.

   mexican cheese blend: ½ cup