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Pulled Pork Lettuce Tacos, a gluten free delicious taco option! It’s also Whole 30 appropriate if you are that way inclined. I know that I claimed that the sweet potato patties in spicy coconut soup were my favourite Whole 30 option, but that might be a lie; these Pulled Pork Lettuce Tacos really take the cake! 

Pulled Pork Lettuce Tacos

pulled pork lettuce tacos

Ingredients: 

For the pork:
500 g of pork
1 can tomato paste (6oz)
1/4 cup tomato sauce
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
1/2 cup unsweetened 100% apple sauce
1 1/2 tsp chili powder
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp sea salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp allspice
1/4 tsp cayenne powder

For the guacamole:
4 avocados, halved, seeded and peeled
2 limes juiced
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
1/2 medium onion
1/2 jalapeno pepper minced
2 roma tomatoes
1 clove garlic
1 teaspoon cilantro

For the salsa:
4 cloves of garlic (minced)
3 jalapenos (if you’ve brought them pre-chopped then add them in to your desired heat)
1 red bell pepper
1/2 medium onion
2 red chiles
1 tbs olive oil
juice of 1 lime
6 roma tomatoes
diced cilantro
salt, pepper and chile powder to taste
Gem lettuce
Cilantro to garnish

Instructions: 

Preheat you oven to 160 C. Whisk all your ingredients from the pork section above together. Place your pork in a roasting pan and cover with about half of the sauce. After about an hour of cooking you should be able to pull your pork. Cover the pulled pork with the remaining sauce and cook for another 30 minutes.

To make the salsa, finely chop all the ingredients up, mix them in a medium bowl then cover and refrigerate for about 30 minutes to let all the flavours fuse together.

To make the guacamole, put your avocados in the food processor, give it a few buzzes till the avocado is mainly smooth but with a few chunks left, transfer it to a bowl and then mix in the other ingredients. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Assemble your tacos within individual gem lettuce leaves.

Notes: 

I hate when I make guac before a party and it starts to go brown by party time, but I have discovered that if you place one of the avocado stones in the bowl of guac before you tightly cover it in plastic wrap it helps it stay green longer.
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They were so delicious, I didn’t even miss the taco shell. Do you view the shell as a necessity? 

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