Tacos de Chicharrón
Crisp pork skin simmered in a smoky tomato-chile sauce until tender and intensely flavorful.
Ingredients
- 8 oz pork chicharrón
- 4 Roma tomatoes
- 2 guajillo chiles
- 1/2 white onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 cup chicken stock
- Corn tortillas
- Diced onion and cilantro
Instructions
- 1
Toast and soak the guajillo chiles.
- 2
Blend chiles with tomatoes, onion, garlic and stock.
- 3
Simmer the sauce 10 minutes, then add chicharrón.
- 4
Cook until softened but still textured; serve in tortillas with onion and cilantro.
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