Pork Mole Verde Taco Recipe | Saveur

Pork Mole Verde Taco Recipe | Saveur

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Pull-apart rib meat and zippy tomatillo sauce make this pork mole verde taco recipe a Mexico City standby.

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Ingredients

  • 2 lb. pork ribs, cut into individual ribs
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 medium yellow onions, divided, one stuck with 2 whole cloves, one quartered
  • Kosher salt
  • 4 medium tomatillos (5 oz.), husked
  • 6 cups packed coarsely chopped romaine lettuce (8 oz.)
  • 2 cups loosely packed radish greens (4 oz.)
  • 1 cup coarsely chopped cilantro
  • 1 cup loosely packed fresh epazote leaves (or ½ cup thawed and squeezed-dry frozen)
  • 1 cup lightly toasted pumpkin seeds
  • 1 tsp. sugar
  • ½ tsp. freshly ground black pepper
  • ½ tsp. ground cumin
  • 2–3 jalapeño or serrano chiles, stemmed, unseeded, and coarsely chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 fresh hoja santa leaf, torn (or substitute 1 dried leaf, crumbled)
  • 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil or lard
  • Warm corn tortillas, for serving
  • Thinly sliced radishes, torn cilantro, and finely chopped onion, for garnish (optional)

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