Carnitas Lettuce Wraps Recipe
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Carnitas Lettuce Wraps Recipe
Description
This recipe features traditional Mexican Carnitas pork cooked slowly over several hours until tender and easily shredded. The pork’s rich, savory flavor pairs with a simple guacamole made from ripe avocados mashed with fresh lime juice, garlic, and salt. The wraps are assembled by spooning carnitas into butter lettuce leaves, adding the avocado mix, and garnishing with minced red onion for a touch of sharpness and crunch.
This preparation creates a refreshing, low-carb handheld dish that highlights the unctuous pork and fresh garnishes without heavy bread or tortillas. The slow cooking method ensures the pork remains juicy and flavorful.
Ingredients
- pork Mexican Carnitas style
- 2 large avocado ripe
- lime juice from half lime
- 1 clove garlic finely minced
- salt a pinch
- 1 large bibb lettuce butter lettuce or romaine hearts also work, head
- ½ red onion minced
Instructions
- Start by making the Mexican Pork Carnitas. This will take you about 8 hours to make in your slow cooker or in a pot.
- In a medium-sized bowl, mash the avocados with the lime juice, garlic, and salt.
- Put a scoop of carnitas in a bibb lettuce leaf, add a spoonful of the mashed avocados (guacamole), and top with a sprinkle of minced red onions.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 6servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 417 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1 serving = ⅙ of the recipe | |
| Calories | 417kcal | 21% |
| Carbohydrates | 15g | 5% |
| Protein | 38g | 76% |
| Fat | 23g | 35% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 3g | 18% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 13g | 65% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 113mg | 38% |
| Sodium | 913mg | 38% |
| Potassium | 1135mg | 24% |
| Fiber | 5g | 20% |
| Sugar | 6g | 12% |
| Vitamin A | 1107IU | 22% |
| Vitamin C | 26mg | 29% |
| Calcium | 66mg | 7% |
| Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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