Delicious "Plastered" Pork Tacos Recipe with Apple-Jalapeño Salsa

Name: Delicious "Plastered" Pork Tacos Recipe with Apple-Jalapeño Salsa
Total time: 12 hrs 5 mins
Ingredients: 1 (3 1/2) pound bone-in pork shoulder roast; 2 tablespoons minced fresh rosemary; 1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper; 2 cups all-purpose flour, or more as needed; 0.75 cup water, or more as needed; 0.5 cup kosher salt; 1 large egg white; 2 cups finely diced Honeycrisp apple; 0.66666668653488 cup finely diced white onion; 0.5 cup seeded and finely diced jalapeno pepper; 0.5 cup chopped fresh cilantro; 2 limes, juiced, or to taste; 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste; 2 pinches cayenne pepper; 12 flour tortillas, warmed; 2 limes, cut into wedges, or as needed

Craving pork tacos but looking for a twist? This "plastered" pork tacos with apple-jalapeño salsa recipe is an exciting alternative to traditional carnitas. The "plaster" coating ensures the pork stays incredibly juicy and flavorful, making it the best pork taco you'll have in a long time!

Total time12 hrs 5 mins
Prep time15 mins
Cook time3 hrs 35 mins
Yield12

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Instructions

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) with oven rack in center position.
Season all sides of pork with rosemary and black pepper.
Stir flour, water, ½ cup salt, and egg white together in a large bowl until very smooth. Add flour if "plaster" is too runny. Add pork shoulder; coat thoroughly.
Spread a few spoonfuls of excess "plaster" into a baking pan or dish. Add pork shoulder, fat-side up. Re-apply "plaster" with a spoon to any spots not covered and to the top.
Roast in the center of the preheated oven until surface is dry and hard and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reads 185 degrees F (85 degrees C), about 3 ½ hours.
Cool 15 to 60 minutes. Remove and discard "plaster." Break pork into big chunks; transfer to a plate. Add some accumulated pan juices from bottom of the pan. Cover with plastic wrap. Chill in the refrigerator, 8 hours to overnight.
Combine apple, onion, jalapeño, cilantro, juice of 2 limes, 1 teaspoon salt, and cayenne pepper in a bowl; set salsa aside.
Slice chilled pork into strips, then cut into ½-inch cubes.
Heat a dry, nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add pork; brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Serve pork on warm tortillas with salsa and lime wedges.

Nutrition

Calories: 496 kcal
Fat Content: 18 g
Fiber Content: 4 g
Sugar Content: 5 g
Sodium Content: 4494 mg
Protein Content: 22 g
Cholesterol Content: 52 mg
Carbohydrate Content: 60 g
Saturated Fat Content: 6 g
Unsaturated Fat Content: 0 g