Best Carne Adovada Marinated Pork Recipes

MARINATED HOT PORK: CARNE ADOVADA TACOS

Steps:

• Place the meat into an 11 by 12-inch baking dish. Toss the meat and dry ingredients with 2 cups soybean oil. Marinate overnight or for 6 hours covered in the refrigerator.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Bake, covered, in the oven for 45 to 60 minutes. Remove and allow to cool slightly.
• When slightly cooled chop meat into small cubes. Serve on 2 warm soft white corn tortillas. Sprinkle with diced white onion and chopped cilantro, and of coarse a squeeze of fresh lime!

CARNE ADOVADA (MARINATED PORK)

Steps:

• Sprinkle meat with salt.
• Add garlic and oregano to blended chili.
• Pour over meat and marinate in refrigerator 6-8 hours or overnight.
• Cook slowly on top of stove or in 350 oven until meat is done, about 1 hour.
• Thick slices of potatoes may be marinated with the meat.

GRILLED CARNE ADOVADA: MARINATED PORK MEDALLIONS, TOPPED WITH CHILI CARIBE SERVED WITH BEANS, POSOLE, AND FRESH FLOUR TORTILLAS

Steps:

• Adovada: Place the pork medallions in a shallow pan. Add olive oil (or vegetable oil), red chili powder, salt, garlic powder, cumin, and a dash of Worcestershire sauce. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, up to 24 hours.
• Chile Caribe: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• De-seed the chiles and put on a baking sheet. Bake for 1 to 2 minutes until skin starts to blister and they begin to toast. Remove from the oven and put into pot of water with salt, garlic, cumin, bring to a boil and boil for 5 to 10 minutes. When done add the chiles to a blender, using the water you boiled them in, and blend to a smooth consistency. Return to the saucepan and simmer over low heat.
• Beans: Cook the beans in either a pressure cooker or slow cooker until tender, about 1 hour or so in a pressure cooker. When done, add salt, vegetable oil (olive oil), and/or cumin.
• Posole: Boil the posole (hominy) in a pressure cooker until done about 1 1/2 hours. Then add some red chile powder, thinly sliced onion, oregano, and salt. Boil for another 15 to 20 minutes.
• Assembly: Preheat a grill to high.
• Place the marinated pork medallions on the grill. Cook for about 2 minutes per side, this will cook quickly, don't overcook, you want to keep them moist inside.
• Layer 3 pork medallions on a plate, ladle chile caribe over the pork and finish with the beans and posole. Serve with warm flour tortillas.
• Mix all of the ingredients together with your hands into large ball. Wrap with plastic wrap and let stand for 20 minutes. Form into balls that are slightly smaller than golf balls. Flatten each ball with a rolling pin into 6 to 8-inch circles that are 1/8-inch thick. Place on a dry, hot griddle and cook until brown on both sides, about 1 minute per side.