Pounded Pork Tacos

Tacos de Cécina

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    (2 per person)
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
La Comida del Barrio

By Aarón Sánchez

Published 2003

  • About

Mexican tacos are usually soft-shelled, unlike the U-shaped crisp-fried tortillas served in many American restaurants and fast-food joints. Some Mexican butcher shops sell already marinated pork tenderloin–you can spot it by the meats rich red color imparted from the chile paste; this marinated tenderloin is also used in tortas. Pork and lime is one of those great flavor combinations that I am addicted to, and because the meat is pounded, it absorbs the ma