Mexican
Puerco en Salsa Verde con Nopales (Pork with Cactus in Green Salsa)
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Puerco en Salsa Verde con Nopales (Pork with Cactus in Green Salsa) is Mexican home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Cut the pork shoulder into bite-sized cubes and brown them in the oil over medium-high heat, in batches, then set aside.
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Boil the tomatillos, serrano chiles, and onion in the water for 8 minutes until soft, then blend into a smooth salsa.
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Fry the salsa in the same pot for 5 minutes until it darkens.
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Return the pork to the pot, cover, and simmer 25 minutes until tender.
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Stir in the nopales and cook 10 minutes more, season with the salt, and serve.
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Serve it with
A Mexican dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Puerco en Salsa Verde con Nopales (Pork with Cactus in Green Salsa), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The protein alongside
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Puerco en Salsa Verde con Nopales (Pork with Cactus in Green Salsa) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 380 kcal
- Protein
- 28 g
- Carbs
- 8 g
- Fat
- 26 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 460 mg
- Saturated fat
- 8 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Puerco en Salsa Verde con Nopales (Pork with Cactus in Green Salsa) takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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