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Mexican pork and street corn tacos with lime Crema

2 servings prepared 

Here's what you get:


Shallot 
Lime 
Tex-Mex paste 
Ground pork 
Chicken stock concentrate 
Jalapeno 
Sour cream 
Corn 
Southwest spice blend 
Flour tortillas (not used)

Addition:

Mission gluten-free spinach herb wrap

Pickle veggies:

This was another quick pickled veggie item. The shallot, lime, sugar and jalapeno was added and set aside.  Per instructions I occasionally stirred the veggie mix.

The crema:

For the crema sour cream  pepper lime zest, veggie stock and a pinch salt were combined. 

The protein:

A nonstick pan was used, after draining and drying the corn I charred with a little bit of avocado oil. After charring that was removed from the pan to a separate Bowl.

The pork was cooked with a little bit of avocado oil with salt and pepper until completely browned and then they spice mix and paste were stirred in. A quarter cup of stock was used to finish it off and the mix was reduced.

Extras:

Since I have to omit gluten I'm using a Gluten free tortilla. Unfortunately I was unable to get plain so hopefully this plays well with the rest of the flavors.

The plate:


This one was pretty awesome.  The meat was flavorful and my tortilla substitute didn't get in the way.  I'd definitely like to try this with beef at some point. 

- Kris

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