Protein Swap | Salsa Verde Ground Pork Taquitos
with Lime-Spiked Chayote Slaw
Cooking time
25 minutes
Servings
2/4
Calories
810 /serving
These taquitos, or rolled tacos, are winning with salsa verde and chili-lime spices tucked inside. The filling is robustly meaty, sealed with melted cheddar in each baked tortilla. Chayote is the king of crispness when it comes to slaw.
We will send you:
- 250g Canadian-raised lean ground pork
- 1 Lime
- 2 Scallions
- 1 Chayote
- 150g Shredded cabbage
- 90ml Salsa verde
- 43ml Sour cream
- 30g Grated aged cheddar
- 6 Wheat flour tortillas
- 11g Mexican Moments spices (salt, chili powder, garlic, sugar, paprika, tapioca starch, coriander seeds, black pepper, cumin, onion, oregano, citric acid, cellulose, lime oil)
Contains: Milk • Soy • Sulphites • Wheat
You will need:
Basting brush
Large pan
Medium baking dish
Oil
Salt & pepper (S&P)
Zester
Total Fat
41 g
Saturated Fat
13 g
Sodium
1610 mg
Total Carb
75 g
Sugars
12 g
Protein
41 g
Fibre
8 g
Preparation
Mise en place
- Preheat the oven to 450°F.
- Zest and juice the lime.
- Cut the chayote into matchsticks; combine with the cabbage.
- Thinly slice the scallions crosswise, separating the white bottoms and green tops.
- Crumble the patties.
- In a small bowl, combine the sour cream, **½ the salsa verde **and S&P.
Make the filling
- In a large pan, heat a drizzle of oil on medium-high.
- Add the white bottoms of the scallions and sauté, 30 sec. to 1 min., until fragrant.
- Add the crumbled patties; season with the spices and S&P.
- Cook, stirring occasionally, 3 to 5 min., until beginning to brown.
- Add the remaining salsa verde and cook, stirring often, 1 to 2 min., until combined.
Prepare & bake the taquitos
- Place the **tortillas **on a dry work surface.
- Divide the **filling **and **cheese **between the tortillas and tightly roll up.
- Arrange, seam-sides down, in a medium baking dish drizzled with oil; brush the taquitos with oil.
- Bake, 10 to 12 min., until golden brown.
Make the slaw
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine the lime juice, lime zest, green tops of the scallions, **1 tbsp oil **(double for 4 portions) and S&P.
- Add the **chayote **and cabbage; toss well.
Plate your dish
- Divide the **taquitos **between your plates.
- Top with the slaw.
- Drizzle with the salsa verde sour cream. Bon appétit!
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*Health Canada recommends cooking ground pork to a minimum internal temperature of 71°C.
