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Pork Fajitas With Apple-avocado Salsa

January 28, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Vegetables		Meats	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4		Dried cascabel chiles, 1/2
		ounce
1	c	Water
2	T	Fresh lime juice
1/4	t	Salt
3		Cloves garlic, peeled
1		Pork tenderloin, 1-pound
		Vegetable cooking spray
8		Flour tortillas, 7-inch
		Apple-Avocado Salsa
		Fresh cilantro sprigs
		optional
1	c	Diced Granny Smith apple
1/2	c	Diced peeled ripe avocado
1/4	c	Diced red bell pepper
1/4	c	Diced red onion
1	T	Chopped fresh cilantro
1 1/2	t	Minced jalapeno
1/2	t	Grated lime rind
1/8	t	Salt
1 1/2	T	Fresh lime juice
1	ds	Pepper
1		Clove garlic, minced

INSTRUCTIONS

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.
Yield: 4 servings (serving  size: 2 fajitas).  INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLE
AVOCADO SALSA: Combine all ingredients in a  bowl, and toss well.
Yield: 2 cups (serving size: 1/4    cup)  Per serving: 399 Calories;
10g Fat (23% calories from fat); 21g  Protein; 57g Carbohydrate; 37mg
Cholesterol; 576mg Sodium  NOTES : Make this the next time you want a
change from a tomato salsa  to serve with beef, pork, or chicken. To
serve, top each fajita with 2  tablespoons Apple-Avocado Salsa, and
garnish with fresh cilantro, if  desired.  Recipe by: Cooking Light,
October 1994, page 75  Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #393 by
igor@digex.net on Jan 28, 1997.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 344 Calories From Fat: 112 Total Fat: 12.9g Cholesterol: 21.5mg Sodium: 697.3mg Potassium: 520.1mg Carbohydrates: 42.5g Fiber: 4.2g Sugar: 6.1g Protein: 15.1g