Mexican Pork & Street Corn Tacos

Mexican Pork & Street Corn Tacos

#Spicy #One Pan

🥘 Ingredients

  • black pepper
    1 tsp
  • butter
    1 tbsp
  • chicken stock concentrate
    1 unit
  • chili powder
    1 tsp
  • corn
    1½ cups
  • flour tortillas
    4 unit
  • ground pork
    1 lb
  • jalapeño
    1 unit
  • lime
    1 unit
  • olive oil
    2 tbsp
  • salt
    1 tsp
  • shallot
    1 unit
  • sour cream
    ½ cup
  • southwest spice blend
    1 unit
  • sugar
    ¼ tsp
  • vegetable oil
    1 tbsp
  • water
    ¼ cup

🍳 Cookware

  • small bowl
  • small bowl
  • large pan
  • medium bowl
  1. 1
    Wash and dry all produce. Halve, peel, and thinly slice shallot . Zest and halve lime . Thinly slice jalapeño into rounds, removing ribs and seeds. Drain corn .
    shallot: 1 unit, lime: 1 unit, jalapeño: 1 unit, corn: 1½ cups
  2. 2
    In a small bowl , combine shallot, juice from whole lime, sugar , a pinch of salt , and as much jalapeño as you like. Set aside to pickle, stirring occasionally, until ready to serve.
    sugar: ¼ tsp, salt: 1 tsp
  3. 3
    In a second small bowl , combine sour cream , chili powder , black pepper , and lime zest to taste. Add water 1 tsp at a time until mixture reaches a drizzling consistency.
    sour cream: ½ cup, chili powder: 1 tsp, black pepper: 1 tsp, water: ¼ cup
  4. 4
    Heat a large pan over medium-high heat. Add corn and cook, without stirring, until browned on bottom, ⏱️ 3 minutes . If corn begins to pop, cover pan. Continue to cook, stirring, until charred all over, ⏱️ 3 minutes more. Turn off heat; transfer to a medium bowl .
  5. 5
    Heat butter and a drizzle of vegetable oil in same pan over medium-high heat. Add ground pork and a pinch of salt and pepper. Cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until browned, ⏱️ 4 minutes . Stir in southwest spice blend and chili powder. Cook until fragrant, ⏱️ 1 minute . Stir in chicken stock concentrate and ¼ cup water. Cook until liquid has mostly reduced and pork is cooked through, ⏱️ 2 minutes . Turn off heat.
    butter: 1 tbsp, vegetable oil: 1 tbsp, ground pork: 1 lb, southwest spice blend: 1 unit, chicken stock concentrate: 1 unit
  6. 6
    Reserving veggies, pour pickling liquid to taste into bowl with corn. Stir in a drizzle of olive oil , remaining chili powder, and a big pinch of salt and pepper. Wrap flour tortillas in damp paper towels and microwave until warm and pliable, ⏱️ 30 seconds . Divide tortillas between plates and fill with pork and corn. Top with crema and as many pickled veggies as you like. Serve.
    olive oil: 2 tbsp, flour tortillas: 4 unit