One-Pan Smoky Pork Tacos

🥘 Ingredients

• Monterey Jack cheese
  ½ cup
• Southwest Spice Blend
  1 tbsp
• chicken stock concentrate
  1 unit
• chipotle powder
  1 tsp
• cilantro
  ¼ oz
• flour tortillas
  12 unit
• ground pork
  20 oz
• long green pepper
  1 unit
• olive oil
  2 tsp
• onion
  1 unit
• pepper
• salt
• sour cream
  3 tbsp
• sugar
  2 tsp
• tomato
  2 unit
• tomato paste
  1 unit
• white wine vinegar
  5 tsp

🍳 Cookware

• medium bowl
• large pan
• small bowl

1. 

   1

   Wash and dry produce. Halve and peel onion ; thinly slice one half and finely chop remaining. Core, deseed, and dice long green pepper into ½-inch pieces. Dice tomato . Roughly chop cilantro .

   onion: 1 unit, long green pepper: 1 unit, tomato: 2 unit, cilantro: ¼ oz
2. 

   2

   In a medium bowl , combine white wine vinegar , 1 tbsp water, sugar , and salt (we used ½ tsp). Stir until sugar and salt have mostly dissolved. Set aside to pickle, stirring occasionally, until ready to serve.

   white wine vinegar: 5 tsp, sugar: 2 tsp, salt
3. 

   3

   Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add ground pork and season with salt and pepper . Cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until browned and cooked through, ⏱️ 4-6 minutes . Transfer to a plate and set aside.

   olive oil: 2 tsp, ground pork: 20 oz, salt, pepper
4. 

   4

   Heat a drizzle of olive oil in same pan over medium-high heat. Add long green pepper and chopped onion; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring, until softened, ⏱️ 3-4 minutes . Return pork to pan along with Southwest Spice Blend , chicken stock concentrate , half the tomato paste , and ¼ cup water. Cook, scraping up any browned bits from bottom of pan, until mixture is thickened and saucy, ⏱️ 1-2 minutes more.

   Southwest Spice Blend: 1 tbsp, chicken stock concentrate: 1 unit, tomato paste: 1 unit
5. 

   5

   While filling cooks, in a small bowl , combine sour cream , a bit of onion pickling liquid to taste (start with ¼ tsp and add more if desired), and a pinch of chipotle powder (add more to taste if you like things spicy). Stir in water 1 tsp at a time until mixture reaches a drizzling consistency. Season with salt and pepper. Wrap flour tortillas in damp paper towels and microwave until warm and pliable, ⏱️ 30 seconds .

   sour cream: 3 tbsp, chipotle powder: 1 tsp, flour tortillas: 12 unit
6. 

   6

   Divide tortillas between plates; fill with pork filling, tomato, Monterey Jack cheese , cilantro, pickled onion (draining first), and crema. TIP: Alternatively, put everything in individual serving bowls and let everyone assemble their own tacos!

   Monterey Jack cheese: ½ cup
7. 7

   Ground Pork is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 160º.