Do you love carnitas? I sure do and we have not been able to get good carnitas here in the boonies. One of my friends from work told me that he was headed toward Sacramento to a Mexican market called La Esperanza. He told me that they had really good carnitas and would I like some. Twist my arm! He brought me back a sampling to try and told me that if I liked it, next time he would go down he would pick some more up for me. Boy was it good! I used the meat to make quesadillas! Another really good comfort food meal!
Ingredients
Carnitas
Cheddar Cheese
Flour tortillas
Medium hot salsa
Oil
Coarsely chop up the carnitas, grate the cheese and get out the salsa and tortillas. Heat a small amount of oil in a good size fry pan and just reheat up the carnitas.
Set this aside. Clean the pan and then just rub with some oil. Heat it up over medium high heat. Place a tortilla into the pan to warm.
Turn it and then layer with the cheese, meat and then sprinkle on the salsa.
Cover with another tortilla and let the ingredients cook a bit and then turn.
Once the cheese has melted and all is piping hot, remove from the pan. Cut into slices like a pizza and serve it up!
Serve this up with a really good beer and a side bowl of salsa!























[…] There you have it! Carnitas! Use these for tacos, or like I did in a previous recipe: Carnitas Quesadillas […]
Hey Barb, what about the Tijuana Taqueria at 1762 Broadway. They have carnitas by the pound. We love them. It is really a good buy. It is $12.50 plus tax. It includes 8-10 warm tortillas, diced onions and cilantro. You also can get warm chips and salsa while you wait for the food to go.
I bought 3 burritos there for $30 and I have had much better. They are really pricey. When I went for the burritos we wanted carne asada and believe it or not they did not have it that night and they had just opened. They changed hands a while back.
Every time I read one of your food write ups I get hungry. I’m off to the kitchen right now! Thanks for this one.