You know that I love a good taco recipe and so when I saw that Old El Paso was doing a pork and pineapple taco mix – I thought, ‘that’s an interesting flavour combo’. I don’t mind mixing a little fruit into my savoury recipes, especially when it comes to a taco – check out my recipe for prawn and peach tacos here {maybe I even might have a thing for meals with a little alliteration}. And so I came home with some pork tenderloin and a pineapple and thought that I would work on creating my own fresh recipe.
I’m not exactly sure what goes into the Old El Paso sachets, but I’m sure that it is more salt and sugar then we realise. I think that as long as you have some fresh garlic, cumin, coriander and dried basil you can get an awesome traditional Mexican flavour profile going on your own {and for much cheaper}.
Now, I would love to have a go at making my own tortillas {especially with the purple corn from Wyld Palate} – but with two little ones, I find we have a much happier meal time if they get fed on time, which means that I always go with store bought.
- 800 grams of pork tenderloin
- 6 cloves of garlic
- 50 ml of apple cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp of honey
- 1 tbsp of dried chilli
- 1 tbsp of paprika
- 1 tbsp of cumin
- 1 bunch of chopped fresh coriander
- 2 tbsp of olive oil
- 2 tsp of salt
- 2 tsp of ground black pepper
- 1 ripe pineapple, well skinned, sliced thin, diced
- 1 finely diced bird’s eye chili
- 3 green shallots
- 100 ml fresh lime juice
- ¼ cup orange juice
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tbsp chipotle powder
- 1 pinch salt
- 4 cobs of corn
- 2 avocados
- 12 corn tortillas
- Place the pork in a large bowl. Add the garlic, apple cider vinegar, honey, dried chilli, paprika, cumin, half the coriander, olive oil, salt, black pepper and toss to coat. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Heat a barbecue or grill pan over medium-high heat. Place your tenderloin onto the grill and cook for 5-8 minutes each side or until cooked through. Allow the pork to rest for 10 minutes before thinly slicing. Whilst it is resting, toss a quarter of the chopped pineapple in the juices of the pork – cooking for a minute or two and then removing from the heat.
- Meanwhile, to make the pineapple salsa, combine the remaining pineapple, shallots, chilli and coriander. Whisk the lime juice, orange juice, brown sugar, chipotle powder {or dried chili flakes} and salt and pour over the salsa, tossing to coat.
- Serve the pork with with warm corn tortillas, steamed corn cobs, smashed avocado and pineapple salsa.
Are you a fan of Mexican? Do you like pineapple in your savoury dishes? I love a piece of grilled pineapple on my hamburger. Don’t forget, if you whip up this recipe, grab a snap shot and share on social media – using the hashtag #goodfoodweek.
These look amazing! Adding them to my Yum files…
Thanks Jennifer – I’d love to know what you think of them when you try them.
These sounds delicious and something my boys would love (if I add fruit into their meal then they are delighted!) I’m with you on the packs – too much salt and sugar and as you say you can get great Mexican flavour with fresh ingredients and spices. Pinning to try soon 🙂
My boys really enjoyed these. Let me know if your boys enjoy them when you get to trying them out 🙂
I love pineapple and pork together, such a yummy combination! Thanks for linking up with us for Fabulous Foodie Fridays this week, have a great week.
You’re most welcome Lauren 🙂
Yum!! I love pineapple and pork together, and I loooove tacos!
Tacos are definitely very popular in this household – what’s not to LOVE about a taco?
Looks so good Shari! I am adding this to our Christmas road trip meal list. We are going away for 4 days and won’t have an oven – so BBQ pork and pineapple tacos sound great to me! xx
That would totally work! Oh man, totally jealous of your Christmas road trip – where are you headed?
This looks so yum! I’m a bit funny about putting fruit in savoury dishes but pineapple is definitely the exception! I love Ham and Pineapple pizza, I’ve got a recipe on the blog for a pumpkin and pineapple curry, in fact, I love pineapple anything! This looks right up my Eat Street because it’s Mexican and it’s pineapple!
I love pineapple! A pineapple and pumpkin curry sounds awesome. I’ll have to pass on the recipe to my sister as pineapple is my nieces’ favourite fruit and they’ll eat anything if it has pineapple in it!