Simple Pork Taco Recipe with Roasted Peppers and served on flour tortillas. Red bell peppers roasted in the oven and served in a flour tortilla with sautéed pork bites.
This recipe is refreshed from an older post that did not look too good. The images were blurry so I decided to take new photos and re-post the recipe.
This dish came about one night when trying to get my daughter interested in something other than chicken nuggets, pizza, or French fries. I think she was about 2 years old when I made these pork tacos for the first time.
She liked to eat flour tortillas and I had made some roasted peppers and pork bites for dinner. So I just put them together and she was excited to try them. And it worked! She ate 1 piece of pork and then mostly tortillas, but hey, a win is a win.
She is five now and still loves to eat tacos!
NOTE
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How to Make this Pork Taco Recipe With Roasted Peppers
- Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees.
Preparing the Peppers:
- Clean and cut the bell peppers into slices. On a large baking sheet place the pepper slices and season with salt and pepper.
- Next, drizzle on the extra virgin olive oil and mix the peppers to ensure they are coated.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes, or until the pepper skins begin to brown.
Preparing the Pork:
- While the peppers are cooking, in a large skillet bring the canola oil to high heat.
- Next, add the pork and season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Sauté the pork on all sides until golden brown (about 5-7 minutes total) and drain the excess oil.
- Finally, after the oil is drained, add the lemon juice, and continuing on high heat, sauté the pork for 2 more minutes.
How to Serve this Pork Taco Recipe with Roasted Peppers
- To serve this pork taco recipe with roasted peppers place the pork pieces in the center of a flour tortilla and top with a few roasted peppers. Add a spoonful of sour cream if desired.
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The Recipe
Simple Pork Tacos with Roasted Peppers
Ingredients
- 4 boneless pork chops cut into bite size pieces
- 4 bell peppers sliced
- 8 small flour tortillas
- 1/2 tsp. salt for pork
- 1/4 tsp. black pepper for pork
- 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp. onion powder
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- Juice of one lemon 1/4 cup
- 2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- Pinch salt for peppers
- Pinch black pepper for peppers
- Sour Cream for serving
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees.
Preparing the peppers:
- Clean and cut the bell peppers into slices. On a large baking sheet place the pepper slices and season with salt and pepper.
- Next, drizzle on the extra virgin olive oil and mix the peppers to ensure they are coated.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes, or until the pepper skins begin to brown.
Preparing pork:
- While the peppers are cooking, in a large skillet bring the canola oil to high heat.
- Next, add the pork and season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Sauté the pork on all sides until golden brown (about 5-7 minutes total) and drain the excess oil.
- Finally, after the oil is drained, add the lemon juice, and continuing on high heat, sauté the pork for 2 more minutes.
Bringing it all together:
- Place the pork pieces in the center of a flour tortilla and top with a few roasted peppers. Add a spoonful of sour cream if desired.
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Invent Your Recipe:
This simple pork taco recipe with roasted peppers takes no time at all and is delicious. If you prefer chicken, this recipe will work great as well. Just use boneless chicken breasts and insert them into the recipe. Then follow all of the other steps of the recipe as written.
Leftovers are a great option for taco additions. If you have leftover grilled chicken, grilled shrimp, or leftover pulled pork, those would be great substitutes for the pork bites.
If you would like more flavor or spice in this pork taco recipe, go ahead and try some crushed red pepper flakes or chili powder.
Instead of roasted red peppers you could substitute any vegetable you like. I would recommend diced tomatoes, roasted zucchini, roasted eggplant, asparagus, peppers, and onions to name a few. Use whichever combination of vegetables you like for this pork taco recipe.
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