Pork Carnitas Tostadas with Quick Pickled Onions
- Serves
- 4 servings
- Prep
- 12 min
- Cook
- 8 min
- Cost
- $16.50
- Nutrition
- 520 cal · 35g protein
- quick
🍳 1 pan + 1 bowl · Picky-eater safe bet: corn
Pork Carnitas Tostadas with Quick Pickled Onions is a Mexican weeknight dinner that serves 4 and is on the table in about 20 minutes, for around $17 in groceries. You'll need 1 pan + 1 bowl, and the 8 ingredients below are everyday supermarket items. Cooking for a picky eater? Plain corn works on its own for the one who won't try the rest. Add it to your week and the whole grocery list lands in your Instacart cart in one tap.
Goes with: Steamed rice (20 min)
Cookware you'll need
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Ingredients
- 1½ lb pork carnitas
- 8 count corn tostadas
- 1 red onion
- 2 lime
- ½ bunch fresh cilantro
- ½ head cabbage
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
Steps
- Thinly slice red onion and place in a small bowl; pour apple cider vinegar and juice from 1 lime over it with a pinch of salt, and let sit while you prepare everything else.
- Warm pork carnitas in a skillet over medium heat for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until heated through and slightly crispy (internal temperature 145°F); warm tostadas in the oven at 350°F for 3 minutes or in a dry skillet for 1 minute per side.
- Thinly slice cabbage and toss with fresh cilantro and juice from the remaining lime in a separate bowl.
- Divide warm tostadas among four plates, top each with warm pork, cabbage slaw, and a generous amount of pickled red onions.
On the side: Steamed rice (20 min)
1 cup long grain white rice
- Rinse the rice. Bring twice as much water as rice to a boil with a pinch of salt, stir in the rice, cover and simmer on low for 18 minutes.
- Take it off the heat, keep the lid on 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork.
Nutrition per serving
- Protein
- 35 g
- Carbohydrates
- 42 g
- Fiber
- 6 g
- Sugar
- 2 g
- Fat
- 24 g
- Saturated fat
- 7 g
- Sodium
- 780 mg
Estimated from the ingredients and amounts in this recipe; brands and portions vary. Not medical or dietary advice.
Photo: Aleisha Kalina / Unsplash