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Shredded Carnitas Soft Shell Taco With Pepper Jack Recipe

Shredded Carnitas Soft Shell Taco With Pepper Jack Recipe

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Shredded Carnitas Soft Shell Taco With Pepper Jack

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In a large pot place in the pork, onion, garlic, salt, chili powder, cumin and fill with water and place onto the stove and bring to a boil for 5 minutes and reduce heat to a low simmer for 2 1/2 hours or until the pork in tender. Remove the pork and set aside to cool to room temperature and pour the stock into a colander and trash the onion and garlic.
In a mixing bowl hand shredded Carnitas meat and the rest of the ingredients and combine and set aside for 15 minutes.
Slice the onion into 1/8” strip and place into a nonstick skillet with oil and sauté over a medium heat until light brown and tender. Combine the Carnitas mixture and onion and sauté until light and crispy.
In a medium size skillet lightly oil over a medium high heat, place a corn tortillas, slice of pepper jack and top with corn tortillas and when the pepper jack cheese slice start to go soft turn the corn tortillas over and when both side in a lightly brown and take some of the Carnitas filling and one half and fold in half and pan fry until light and crispy on both side. Repeat this step until done. Sprinkle both side of the taco with Parmesan cheese and serve warm.

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Nutrition Facts

Per Serving Per 100 g

Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories	2685.99 Kcal (11246 kJ)
Calories from fat	1162.67 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	129.19g	199%
Cholesterol	226.75mg	76%
Sodium	5277.2mg	220%
Potassium	2270.93mg	48%
Total Carbs	287.38g	96%
Sugars	5.77g	23%
Dietary Fiber	22.23g	89%
Protein	106.92g	214%
Vitamin C	2.3mg	4%
Iron	12.8mg	71%
Calcium	809.9mg	81%

Amount Per 100 g
Calories	303.01 Kcal (1269 kJ)
Calories from fat	131.16 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	14.57g	199%
Cholesterol	25.58mg	76%
Sodium	595.33mg	220%
Potassium	256.19mg	48%
Total Carbs	32.42g	96%
Sugars	0.65g	23%
Dietary Fiber	2.51g	89%
Protein	12.06g	214%
Vitamin C	0.3mg	4%
Iron	1.4mg	71%
Calcium	91.4mg	81%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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