Ground Pork Tacos
Jump to RecipeThese Ground Pork Tacos are easy to make and flavorful. They are made with ground pork and served with a delicious Mexican Cabbage Slaw and hot sauce.
😋 Why this recipe works
This easy taco recipe is made with ground pork and flavored with homemade taco seasoning, and we love to serve them with a crunchy Mexican slaw for delicious texture and flavor. You could also add cabbage and season with a delicious Cilantro Lime Crema and hot sauce. These pork tacos are easy to make and can be served with butter lettuce and soft or hard tortillas.
🌮 Ingredients
These flavorful Mexican pork tacos are easy to make and require simple taco ingredients.
Here are some of our recommendations/tips with the ingredients for the recipe:
- Use premade taco seasoning or follow our suggestion on the spices to season the ground pork. Either option works.
- Substitute Ground Pork for Ground Chicken or Ground Turkey.
- Serve with our Mexican Cabbage Slaw, cole slaw, or shredded green cabbage for texture.
- Serve with our Cilantro Lime Crema, regular sour cream, top tacos with cilantro and lime, and some hot sauce.
- These tacos also would go great with regular Salsa Fresca or Guacamole pico de gallo.
See the recipe card for full ingredient information and quantities.
🥣 How to Make
These are the best ground pork tacos that are easy to make. You cook the pork and veggies and then assemble the tacos.
Saute onion and garlic, and add spices and tomato paste.
Add diced onion to a pre-heated saute pan with 1-2 tbsp olive oil over medium-high heat. Cook onion for about 3-5 minutes; add garlic and cook for 1 additional minute.
Add taco seasoning and tomato paste and stir to combine.
NOTE: If you prefer to remove excess grease and fat after the pork is cooked, then add seasoning after it’s cooked.
Cook pork and season to taste.
Add ground pork to the same saute pan. Use a spatula to break it into pieces.
Once the pork is cooked, taste and add some lime juice for acidity, or more salt, as needed.
Make tacos and enjoy.
Add the cooked Mexican ground pork to tortillas, season with Cabbage Slaw, pico de gallo, Mexican crema, hot sauce, or other taco toppings, and enjoy!
📋 Recipe FAQs
Ground pork is made from pork shoulder, also known as pork butt or Boston butt, and sometimes includes trimmed ends of the loin.
A traditional pork taco is called tacos al pastor, made of pork shoulder. In fact, there are some places where the terms “al pastor” and “tacos al pastor” are synonymous.
Leftovers should be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days.
👩🏻🍳 Expert Tips
- Add taco seasoning and tomato paste after the pork is cooked to remove excess fat or grease.
- Brown the ground pork to give it a nice crispy and deep flavor.
- This ground pork taco meat can be made in advance for meal prepping.
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Pairing Recipes
Looking to pair this recipe with something else? Check out our other recipes before you go.
- These Ground Pork Tacos would be delicious with my Mexican Cabbage Slaw, Avocado Pico De Gallo, Cherry Tomato Salsa, and Cilantro Lime Crema.
Need a beverage to go with this appetizer? Our go-to drinks are Classic Margaritas, Ginger Margaritas, Strawberry Lime Margarita, and Anejo Old Fashioned.
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Ground Pork Tacos
- 2-3 tbsp olive oil , or sub avocado oil
- ½ white onion , diced
- 2 garlic cloves , minced
- 2 tsp chili powder
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- ½ tsp oregano
- pinch of salt , plus more to taste
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 lb ground pork , or sub ground beef, chicken or turkey
- 1-2 tsp lime juice , plus more to taste
- corn or flour tortilla
- Mexican Cabbage Slaw , or sub shredded green cabbage
- Cilantro Lime Crema
- Cotija Cheese
- Hot Sauce
- Pico De Gallo
- cilantro
- Saute onion and garlic, and add spices and tomato paste.Add diced onion to a pre-heated saute pan with 1-2 tbsp olive oil over medium-high heat. Cook onion for about 3-5 minutes; add garlic and cook for 1 additional minute.Add taco seasoning and tomato paste and stir to combine.
- Cook pork and season to taste.Add ground pork to the same saute pan. Use a spatula to break it into pieces.Once the pork is cooked, taste and add some lime juice for acidity, or more salt, as needed.
- Make tacos and enjoy.Add Mexican ground pork to corn or soft tortillas, and top with Cabbage Slaw, pico de gallo, Mexican crema, hot sauce, or other taco toppings, and enjoy!
- Add taco seasoning and tomato paste after the pork is cooked to remove excess fat or grease.
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