Pork 'n' Pepper Tortillas Recipe

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Muscatine, Iowa's Rica Hahnbaum seasons a pork roast with onions, garlic and spices, and cooks it slowly until tender. Then she shreds the flavorful meat and wraps it along with colorful peppers in warm tortillas.

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Pork 'n' Pepper Tortillas Recipe

Prep: 20 min. Cook: 8 hours

Yield: 12 Servings

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Ingredients

1 boneless pork shoulder butt roast (3 pounds), halved
1 cup boiling water
2 teaspoons beef bouillon granules
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon dried basil
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon dried tarragon
1 teaspoon white pepper
2 medium onions, sliced
1 each large green, sweet red and yellow peppers, sliced
1 tablespoon butter
12 flour tortillas (8 inches), warmed
Shredded lettuce, chopped ripe olives, sliced jalapeno peppers and sour cream, optional

Directions

Place roast in a 5-qt. slow cooker. Combine the water, bouillon, garlic and seasonings; pour over roast. Top with onions. Cover and cook on high for 1 hour. Reduce heat to low. Cook for 7-8 hours or until pork is very tender.
Remove meat; shred with two forks. Return to slow cooker; heat through. Meanwhile, in a skillet, saute peppers in butter until tender.
Using a slotted spoon, place about 1/2 cup pork and onion mixture down the center of each tortilla; top with peppers. Add toppings if desired. Fold sides of tortilla over filling; serve immediately. Yield: 12 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: 1 tortilla equals 417 calories, 16 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 110 mg cholesterol, 489 mg sodium, 31 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 36 g protein.

Originally published as Pork 'N' Pepper Tortillas in Quick Cooking November/December 2001, p37