Name: Braised Pork Cheek Tostada Stacks with Chipotle Sour Cream and Pineapple-Mango Salsa (Tostada de Cachete de Puerco Con Crema Agria de Chipotle y Salsa De Piña y mango)
Yield: Makes 4 tostada stacks
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: Salt and freshly ground black pepper; ¼ cup (10 g) chopped fresh cilantro; 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice; 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice; ¼ cup (30 g) diced white onion; 2 tablespoons dried Mexican oregano; 6 pork cheeks (about 4 ounces/115 g each), trimmed; 1 jalapeño, minced; 8 garlic cloves, peeled; 1 yellow onion, cut in half; 1 cup (165 g) diced mango; 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice, or to taste; 1 cup (165 g) diced pineapple; Salt; ¾ cup (180 ml) sour cream; Cilantro sprigs; 1 chipotle chile in adobo sauce; 2 tablespoons salt; 12 (6-inch/15-cm) corn tortillas, homemade or store-bought; Canola oil, for frying; 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice, or to taste; 2 cups (150 g) shredded red cabbage

Preparation info

Makes
4
tostada stacks

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Claudia's Cocina

By Claudia Sandoval

Published 2016

About

I will never forget the look on Olivia’s and Hetal’s faces when they first saw the animal heads revealed as part of one of our Mystery Box Challenges. I can understand how difficult that must have been for them, coming from backgrounds that were so different from mine. I grew up on a ranch, where we focused on rustic cooking using every part of the animal with nothing going to waste. In a funny way, I was happy to see a pig’s head under that box.

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