Tacos
I was getting off of work and was thinking, “I would love to have pulled BBQ pork sandwiches for dinner.” On the way to the store, I thought, “Why not do something different?” So at the store, I bought boneless country pork ribs, boneless, skinless chicken thighs, and some beef.
I was planning to throw it all in a pot and slow-cook it, but decided to use the oven instead. I bought little hand-size flour tortillas to eat with it. You can use any sauce you choose, homemade or store bought. I made my own; recipe follows.
Pulled Meat for Tacos
3 pounds boneless country pork ribs*
2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs
1.5 to 2 pounds beef**
Taco Sauce:
3 (7.5-ounce cans) chipotle sauce
1/2 cup honey
1 cup catsup
1 tablespoon garlic
1 tablespoon cumin
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon salt
1 package taco seasoning
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
Throw the pork, chicken, and beef into a roasting pan and season with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and cumin.
Leave dry, do not add any liquid at all. Cover with a tight fighting lid or tin foil.
Cook at 300 degrees for about 4 hours, then remove from oven. Drain off the fat and shred the meat with two forks.
Mix all sauce ingredients in a bowl. Then, pour the sauce over the meat and toss till coated; cover the pot and put back in the oven till heated through.
I tossed the flour tortillas over an open flame on my gas stove to heat. Serve these tacos with your favorite sides, like lettuce, cheese, sour cream, etc.
*Make sure the pork and beef has the fat on it, nothing real lean or it will be really dry. If boneless ribs are not around, any fatty piece of pork will work.
**I would use skirt steak. That, in my book, would be the best. Next to that, I would choose rib eye. I know it seems like a waste of good meat, but it has great flavor. On the downside, rib eye is pretty expensive, so I went with chuck steak. It has some fat and good, meaty flavor.
If one of these meats is something you or your family do not eat, you can leave it out.
