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Low carb pulled pork taco recipe
« Reply #-1 on: October 11, 2016, 11:10:03 AM »
As per Tee's request: A copy of  our low carb pulled pork tacos!

James and I have been cutting out carbs, so I've been busy trying to come up with fresh meals to keep things interesting.

Started with a little pork shoulder with some non sugar based rub, on the MAK at 225° till it was done.  Shredded up nicely:




I remembered the last time we went low carb, we both enjoyed making 'cheese chips'.  They're nothing more than little piles of shredded cheese that you bake until they're crispy.  I figured, hey maybe we could make some taco shells out of cheese, too!     They turned out HUGE, but worked great for the pulled pork tacos! 

Here's what they looked like finished:





Basically just put parchment paper down on a cookie sheet and sprinkled out a big circle of shredded cheese, then put on the MAK at 375° for about 15 minutes until they were starting to brown. 

Then while they were still flexible, I draped them over a couple spoons so it would make a little valley for the ingredients when it cooled and solidified.




Worked out pretty darn good!  Loaded up with some pork:



And then topped with some fresh made mango salsa (YUMMMMM)



These were a huge hit with James, who didn't mind a bit that the shells were three times the size of normal taco shells. :) 

Salsa was:
1 can diced tomatoes
1 cup frozen mango chunks (thawed and diced)
1 medium sweet onion
3 little jalapenos from our garden
an ungodly amount of cilantro, since that's just how we roll

The shells were just about perfect, actually, they gave it some crunch, but had a little 'give' to them, so when you bit into it, the whole thing didn't shatter into a million pieces like the store bought corn ones usually do.

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Re: Low carb pulled pork taco recipe
« on: October 11, 2016, 12:47:40 PM »
Excellent!! Bookmarked ...  :thumbup:
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Re: Low carb pulled pork taco recipe
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2016, 05:45:29 PM »
And of course, there's always pulled pork nachos for the leftovers!   The shells don't keep very well, and start to get soft/chewy in the fridge after about a day, so this was just to use up the extras. :)





And a blurry photo showing it with all the fixin's. :)  This girl was hungry and in a hurry for some lunch! ;)



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Re: Low carb pulled pork taco recipe
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2016, 08:42:47 PM »
THANKS KAT!!!!
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