Carnitas

Cinco de Mayo, Mexican & TexMex, Pork, Salads, Tacos, Enchiladas & Quesadillas

Carnitas

One of the things I enjoy about living in Houston is the availability of fantastically authentic Mexican food. There’s Tex-Mex and then there’s Mexican. You’d be hard pressed to drive through many areas of town without finding a Carniceria (a Mexican meat market) or Panaderia (Mexican bakery) in nearby strip centers.

Shelves of the markets are adorned with handmade corn and flour tortillas, cream-filled cuernos, fresh tamales, ground chorizo, and hand-wrapped blocks of leche quemada.

Leftover Carnitas in Salad
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