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Pork Lomitos Tacos

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You’re going to love the rich flavors in these Pork Lomitos Tacos!

Pork Lomitos Tacos

So many of our readers here at A Family Feast love our Mexican-inspired recipes – so I predict that today’s delicious Pork Lomitos Tacos are destined to become a reader favorite too!

Pork Lomitos is a dish from the Yucatan region of Mexico. It’s essentially pork that is marinated in a variety of citrus juices and Southwest seasonings – then braised low and slow in the oven in a sauce of tomatoes, Serrano chilies, charred onions and garlic, plus an herb called epazote.

Epazote has a flavor described as resembling mint, fennel and tarragon. If you can find epazote at your local market – by all means buy it for this dish (or order it online here). But if you can’t find it (or if you don’t want to buy some for just this one dish) our recipe below swaps in fresh mint and dry fennel and tarragon instead.

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Tacos made with pork lomitos

After it cooks, the pork is super tender with deep, rich, and wonderfully complex flavors! We made ours into Pork Lomitos Tacos – lightly fried corn tortillas slathered with either refried beans or mashed avocado, then filled with chunks of the cooked pork, and topped with pickled red onions, hard-boiled eggs, a sprinkle of Cotija cheese, plus cilantro and lime wedges for garnish.

Pork Lomitos Tacos

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We were inspired to make these Pork Lomitos Tacos after watching Rick Bayless make this recipe on his television cooking show. Funny enough – Jack saw the episode while he was traveling a few months ago, and I watched it at home. I mentioned seeing this dish to Jack when he returned home – and he said, “I saw that show too – and I was also thinking we should try it!”  Great minds think alike! 😉

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Pork Lomitos Tacos

Yield: 6–8 servings 1x
Prep: 60 minutesCook: 150 minutesTotal: 3 hours 30 minutes
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Ingredients

1 cup orange juice

¼ cup lemon juice

1 tablespoon lime juice

2 tablespoons Southwest seasoning (or a mix of garlic powder, onion powder, paprika and hot pepper powder)

3 pounds pork shoulder cut into 2” cubes (aka Boston butt or pork butt)

Non-stick pan spray

5 large peeled garlic cloves, left whole

1 large Spanish onion, peeled and cut into 8 wedges

2 ½ teaspoons kosher salt, divided

2 tablespoons pork lard

¼ cup vermouth or white wine

4 fresh parsley stems, with tops

1 small bunch scallions, roots trimmed off

12 mint leaves

1 teaspoon dry fennel

1 teaspoon dry tarragon

1 28-ounce can kitchen ready crushed tomatoes (we use Pastene or Cento)

3 serrano chilies chopped, no seeds

Tacos

6” corn tortillas

¼ cup vegetable oil

Refried beans (see here) or canned

Pickled red onion (see here)

4 hard-boiled eggs (see here), cut into quarters

2 fresh ripe avocados, cut into wedges or mashed

Mexican Cotija cheese or fresh farmers cheese

Cilantro, for garnish

Lime wedges, for garnish


Instructions

Preheat oven to its highest temperature. (Ours was set to 550 degrees F.)

Mix the orange, lemon and lime juice with the Southwest seasoning and place in a gallon zipper seal bag. Add pork and marinate one hour.

While pork is marinating, char garlic and onions by lining a sheet tray with foil then liberally spraying with non-stick pan spray. Add onions and garlic and spray the garlic and onions with the non-stick pan spray.

Roast for 15 minutes, remove garlic and turn onions and roast for 15 more minutes. Both will be charred, with burned edges on the onions. (This is what we want for this dish.) Set aside. Turn oven off.

Discard marinade after one hour and pat pork dry. Season with 1 ½ teaspoons of the salt.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

Heat a large Dutch oven over medium high and add lard. Heat until smoking hot and add half the pork and sear on all sides, about five minutes. Remove to a platter and sear the second batch and remove.

Deglaze with the vermouth.

Once all of the vermouth has evaporated, add pork back in with any juices.

Tie the scallions and parsley and mint together with butcher’s twine and add to pork.

Add fennel, tarragon, tomatoes, chilies, remaining teaspoon of salt, and reserved garlic and onions to the pork and bring to a bubble to heat the ingredients.

Place in preheated oven for 2 ½ hours covered, stirring half way through cooking. After fully cooked, remove and discard tied herb and scallion bundle. Leave pork in cubes, not shredded.

While the pork is cooking, prepare all of the toppings by pickling the onions, cooking the eggs, etc.

To assemble, heat the oil in a small sauce pan to hot. Using tongs, place one tortilla at a time into hot oil for 5-10 seconds per side to soften. Remove to paper towels.

If you cook them longer, they will crisp up. If that is what you want, you can place them over a small glass or cup after frying so the edges hang down and cool into that taco shell shape.

Warm the refried beans and smear inside the shell. Add the cooked pork (left in cubes) with a little of the sauce, sliced or mashed avocado, pickled red onion, a hard-boiled egg wedge, Mexican cheese and the cilantro and lime wedge garnish.

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Martha is part of the husband-wife team that creates A Family Feast. She loves to cook and entertain for family and friends, and she believes that serving a great meal is one of the best ways to show someone that you care. Martha is a self-taught home cook, who loves to read cookbooks and try new recipes. After a decades-long career in business and online marketing, she now runs A Family Feast full-time. Her specialties are baking, desserts, vegetables and pasta dishes.

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  1. Nancy L Hersey says

    Posted on 7/14/21 at 10:48 pm

    If you use Espazote for the Pork Lomitos, how much do you use?

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    • Martha says

      Posted on 7/15/21 at 8:38 am

      Hi Nancy – I’d suggest 1 sprig of the espazote instead of adding the mint, fennel and tarragon.

      Reply
  2. Joy Magness says

    Posted on 8/31/17 at 11:52 am

    Hey guys, I really enjoy and appreciate your website. But how much epazote?
    Thanks.

    Reply
    • Martha says

      Posted on 8/31/17 at 1:05 pm

      Thanks Joy! I’d start with a teaspoon and then adjust to taste. I’ve read that it can be quite strong so better to start with a little and if you like the flavor, feel free to add more. Hope that helps!

      Reply
  3. pavitra says

    Posted on 8/22/17 at 1:49 am

    Wow, Dish seems to be delicious. For sure i am going to try it . Pictures are beautiful. Thanks for great share.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Martha says

      Posted on 8/22/17 at 7:05 am

      Thank you!

      Reply

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