Pork Fajitas With Apple-Avocado Salsa
- 4 dried cascabel chiles (about 1/2 ounce)
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 large cloves garlic, peeled
- 1 (1-pound) pork tenderloin
- Vegetable cooking spray
- 8 (7-inch) flour tortillas
- Apple-Avocado Salsa (see below)
- Fresh cilantro sprigs (optional)
- Remove stems and seeds from chiles. Combine chiles and water in a small saucepan, and bring to a boil; remove from heat. Cover and let stand 1 hour. Drain well, reserving 2 tablespoons of soaking liquid. Combine the chiles, reserved soaking liquid, lime juice, salt, and garlic in a blender, and process until smooth.
- Trim fat from pork; place pork in a shallow dish. Pour chile mixture over pork; cover and chill 1-1/2 hours.
- Drain pork, reserving the marinade. Place pork on a rack coated with cooking spray, and place rack in a shallow roasting pan. Brush the reserved marinade over pork, and bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes or until a meat thermometer registers 160 degrees. Set pork aside, and keep warm.
- Wrap tortillas tightly in foil, and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Cut the pork diagonally across the grain into thin slices. Arrange one-eighth of the pork slices and 2 tablespoons Apple-Avocado Salsa in center of each tortilla. Fold bottom half of tortilla over filling, and fold sides over filling.
- Top each fajita with 2 tablespoons Apple-Avocado Salsa, and garnish with fresh cilantro, if desired. Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 2 fajitas).
- APPLE AVOCADO SALSA:
- 1 cup diced Granny Smith apple
- 1/2 cup diced peeled ripe avocado
- 1/4 cup diced red bell pepper
- 1/4 cup diced red onion
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
- 1-1/2 teaspoons minced jalapeno
- 1/2 teaspoon grated lime rind
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1-1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- Dash of pepper
- 1 small clove garlic, minced
- Combine all ingredients in a bowl, and toss well. Yield: 2 cups (serving size: 1/4 cup)
- NUTRITION FOR APPLE-AVOCADO SALSA: CALORIES 27 (50% from fat) PROTEIN 4g FAT 5g (sat 2, mono 9, poly 2); CARB 8g; FIBER 8g; CHOL 0mg; IRON 2mg; SODIUM 38mg; CALC 5mg
chiles, water, lime juice, salt, garlic, pork tenderloin, vegetable cooking spray, flour tortillas, appleavocado salsa, cilantro
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/pork-fajitas-with-apple-avocado-salsa (may not work)