Citrus Pork Tacos

🥘 Ingredients

• Tex-Mex paste
  2 tbsp
• black pepper
  to taste
• cilantro
  2 tbsp
• cooking oil
  1 tbsp
• flour tortillas
  4 unit
• ground pork
  10 oz
• lime
  1 unit
• long green pepper
  1 unit
• orange
  1 unit
• red onion
  1 unit
• salt
  to taste
• sour cream
  ¼ cup
• southwest spice blend
  ¼ tsp
• sugar
  ¼ tsp
• water
  as needed

🍳 Cookware

• small microwave-safe bowl
• small bowl
• large pan
• medium bowl

1. 

   1

   red onion sour cream long green pepper ground pork lime flour tortillas orange Tex-Mex paste southwest spice blend cilantro salt black pepper cooking oil sugar water

   red onion: 1 unit, sour cream: ¼ cup, long green pepper: 1 unit, ground pork: 10 oz, lime: 1 unit, flour tortillas: 4 unit, orange: 1 unit, Tex-Mex paste: 2 tbsp, southwest spice blend: ¼ tsp, cilantro: 2 tbsp, salt: to taste, black pepper: to taste, cooking oil: 1 tbsp, sugar: ¼ tsp, water: as needed
2. 

   2

   Wash and dry all produce. Halve, peel, and thinly slice red onion. Quarter lime. Halve, core, and thinly slice long green pepper into strips. Halve orange. Roughly chop cilantro.
3. 

   3

   In a small microwave-safe bowl , combine ¼ of the onion, juice from half the lime, sugar, and a pinch of salt. Cover with plastic wrap and microwave for ⏱️ 30 seconds . Set aside. In a separate small bowl , combine sour cream with ¼ tsp southwest spice blend. Season with salt and black pepper. Stir in water 1 tsp at a time until mixture reaches a drizzling consistency.
4. 

   4

   Heat a drizzle of cooking oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add green pepper and remaining onion; cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and tender, ⏱️ 5 minutes to ⏱️ 7 minutes . Season with salt and pepper. Turn off heat and transfer to a medium bowl . Wipe out pan.
5. 

   5

   Heat a drizzle of oil in the used pan over medium-high heat. Add ground pork and remaining southwest spice blend. Cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until browned, ⏱️ 3 minutes to ⏱️ 4 minutes . If there is excess grease, carefully pour it out. Stir in Tex-Mex paste, juice from orange, and a squeeze of lime juice. Bring to a simmer and cook until pork is cooked through and sauce is thickened, ⏱️ 2 minutes to ⏱️ 3 minutes more. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
6. 

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   While pork cooks, wrap flour tortillas in damp paper towels and microwave until warm and pliable, ⏱️ 30 seconds .
7. 7

   Divide tortillas between plates and fill with pork filling and veggies. Drizzle with crema and top with pickled onion (draining first) and cilantro. Serve with remaining lime wedges on the side.