24 Pork Taco Bases
Adobo Pork Belly
Chipotle and guajillo chiles toasted, soaked, blended with charred onion and garlic, then simmered over pork b...
Berbere Pork Kabob
Pork shoulder marinated in berbere spice blend and grilled on skewers until charred, the spices forming a crus...
Carolina BBQ Pork
Authentic Carolina pulled pork — pork shoulder rubbed with classic spices, smoked until fall-apart tender, fin...
Chipotle Coffee Carnitas
Pork shoulder braised with chipotle, espresso, cocoa powder, and orange juice — the coffee deepens the meat's ...
Chorizo
Sometimes the best recipes are the simplest ones. Good Mexican chorizo from your local carniceria makes taco n...
Chorizo and Sweet Corn
Crispy chorizo and charred sweet corn — the spiced fat from the chorizo becomes the cooking medium, and the co...
Classic Carnitas
Pork shoulder slow-braised in lard with citrus, garlic, and oregano until it shreds, then crisped in its own r...
Crispy Pineapple Teriyaki Pork Belly
Slow-roasted until the fat renders and edges crisp, then glazed with a pineapple-teriyaki sauce that carameliz...
Cuban Mojo Pork Belly
Pork belly braised in Cuban mojo — sour orange, garlic, oregano, and cumin — until the fat renders and the edg...
Harissa Carnitas
Slow-braised pork shoulder with that complex, smoky heat from rose harissa, finished with preserved lemon brig...
Jerk Carnitas
Jerk marinade — Scotch bonnet, allspice, thyme, rum, and citrus — rubbed onto pork shoulder and braised low an...
Kakuni Pork Belly
Pork belly cubes blanched, then braised in sake, soy, and mirin for 1.5-2 hours until the fat turns to silk an...
Korean Al Pastor
Al pastor re-imagined with Korean pantry: gochujang instead of achiote, Asian pear instead of pineapple, miso ...
Korean BBQ Pork Belly
Korean BBQ pork belly with a gochujang glaze. Two-stage cooked for the same reason as all good pork belly: fir...
Miso-Glazed Pork Belly
Pork belly seared until golden, then tossed in a white miso, mirin, soy, and ginger glaze that caramelizes int...
Pineapple Teriyaki Pork Shoulder
Pork shoulder braised in pineapple juice, soy, and mirin until it falls apart, then finished with fresh pineap...
Puerco Pibil
Pork shoulder marinated in achiote paste, sour orange, and aromatic spices, then slow-cooked in banana leaves ...
Souvlaki Pork
Marinated pork tenderloin grilled on skewers with lemon, garlic, and oregano. The Greek street food classic. T...
Soy Ginger Pork
Ground pork glazed with soy, ginger, brown sugar, and chili flakes. Japanese shogayaki in taco form — 15 minut...
Szechuan Dan-Dan Pork
Ground pork with Sichuan peppercorns, chili oil, and doubanjiang — the traditional protein for dan-dan noodles...
Szechuan Peppercorn Carnitas
Traditional carnitas meets Sichuan's má là — the numbing-spicy double sensation from Sichuan peppercorns and d...
Thai Chili Carnitas
Pork shoulder braised in coconut milk with fish sauce, palm sugar, bird's eye chiles, lemongrass, and lime lea...
Thai Larb Pork
Minced pork tossed warm with fish sauce, fresh lime, toasted rice powder, shallots, fresh chiles, and a seriou...