Mexican Sliced Spiced Pork Soft Tacos with Texas Oven Fries

Dairy Free
Very Healthy
Health score
93%
Mexican Sliced Spiced Pork Soft Tacos with Texas Oven Fries
45 min.
4
1101kcal

Suggestions

Ingredients

  • tablespoon chipotle chili powder 
  • tablespoons cilantro leaves finely chopped
  • tablespoon gound coriander 
  • 12 6-inch flour tortillas soft ()
  • cloves garlic grated chopped
  • tablespoon ground cumin 
  •  jalapeno seeded chopped
  •  pork tenderloins trimmed
  •  lime zest juiced
  • tablespoons olive oil extra-virgin divided
  •  onion chopped
  • 0.5 cup pumpkin seeds 
  • 0.3  cabbage shredded red
  • small onion red thinly sliced quartered
  • large russet potatoes dried scrubbed
  • servings salt and pepper 
  • 12  tomatillos peeled chopped

Equipment

  • food processor
  • frying pan
  • oven
  • grill
  • microwave
  • grill pan

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 500 degrees F.
  2. Heat a grill pan to high.
  3. Cut potatoes into Texas fries, 10 per potato. Coat in extra-virgin olive oil, about 2 to 3 tablespoons, then season with chipotle powder, salt and pepper and roast 25 minutes, turning once.
  4. Toast pumpkin seeds in a small skillet 2 minutes then grind in food processor or spice mill or a coffee bean grinder.
  5. Mix the ground pumpkin seeds with cumin and coriander. Season the tenderloin with salt and pepper and rub with the spices. Rub the grill pan with extra-virgin olive oil and grill pork tenderloins 20 minutes.
  6. Heat a skillet over medium-high heat with a tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, a turn of the pan.
  7. Add the chopped onion, garlic, jalapeno and cook a few minutes while you chop tomatillos.
  8. Add the tomatillos, season with salt and pepper and cook 7 to 8 minutes. Stir in lime zest and juice and cilantro and remove from heat.
  9. While salsa is cooking, toss the cabbage with sliced onion.
  10. Wrap the tortillas in damp clean towel and warm in microwave 2 minutes or put in the oven after you remove potatoes for 1 to 2 minutes.
  11. Thinly slice pork and serve 1/2 tenderloin per person. Wrap pork slices in soft tacos with salsa and some shredded cabbage and red onions.
  12. Serve with Texas chipotle fries.

Nutrition Facts

Calories1101kcal
Protein26.44%
Fat26.46%
Carbs47.1%

Properties

Glycemic Index
94.44
Glycemic Load
69.17
Inflammation Score
-10
Nutrition Score
60.619130393733%

Flavonoids

Cyanidin
110.03mg
Delphinidin
0.05mg
Pelargonidin
0.01mg
Hesperetin
7.2mg
Naringenin
0.57mg
Apigenin
0.05mg
Luteolin
0.13mg
Isorhamnetin
2.76mg
Kaempferol
0.36mg
Myricetin
0.15mg
Quercetin
11.78mg

Nutrients percent of daily need

Calories:1100.57kcal
55.03%
Fat:32.73g
50.36%
Saturated Fat:7.36g
46.03%
Carbohydrates:131.1g
43.7%
Net Carbohydrates:117.24g
42.63%
Sugar:14.71g
16.34%
Cholesterol:163.8mg
54.6%
Sodium:1062.57mg
46.2%
Alcohol:0g
100%
Alcohol %:0%
100%
Protein:73.61g
147.22%
Vitamin B1:3.42mg
227.99%
Vitamin B6:3.62mg
180.88%
Selenium:101.8µg
145.42%
Vitamin B3:27.6mg
138.01%
Phosphorus:1200.74mg
120.07%
Manganese:1.9mg
94.76%
Potassium:3301.86mg
94.34%
Vitamin C:76.78mg
93.07%
Vitamin B2:1.37mg
80.47%
Iron:12.34mg
68.58%
Magnesium:264.82mg
66.2%
Fiber:13.86g
55.45%
Vitamin K:56.59µg
53.89%
Zinc:7.57mg
50.46%
Copper:0.97mg
48.48%
Folate:171.15µg
42.79%
Vitamin B5:3.82mg
38.24%
Vitamin E:4.22mg
28.14%
Vitamin A:1386.09IU
27.72%
Calcium:268.73mg
26.87%
Vitamin B12:1.29µg
21.42%
Vitamin D:0.5µg
3.36%