It’s definitely Tuesday and I dont have a clue what I want to talk about. Yesterday it was Kitcenn Management day , I made Wednesdays Spicy Pork Tacos filling. This comes from a very old cookbook from the 70s. Its like fifty years old. Some things are still economical. And healthy enough to add to your good cheap meal list. I stick with good cheap meals here because everyone can make a meal that costs ten bucks a plate. If you cant, there are meal services out there that will deliver your food and instructions for ten dollars a plate. If you know how to eat good food cheap, its not a big stretch to make more expensive dinners. Knowing how to do it on the cheap gives you the confidence to know you can handle anything life throws at you.
I had ground my own pork when I made pork stew meat and ground pork from a pork sirloin I got from Winco for 1.69, and i got 12 taco shells for less than 50 with a coupon . (And, who says you cant get real food with coupons ?). This made spicy pork tacos an interesting experiment.
SPICY PORK TACOS
Oil
Chopped onion or onion powder
Garlic
Celery , 1 stalk
8 ounces of tomato sauce
Diced green chillies
Oregano
Salt
1.5 cups ground pork (1/2 lb ).
Sauté onion, celery, garlic in the oil. Add tomato sauce.
Pour into a bowl .
Fry ground pork until no longer pink and tests done.
Add 1/2 can of green chilies.
Add back reserved tomato mixture.
Simmer for a few minutes or until the meat sauce is somewhat reduced.
Serve in taco shells with cheese and lettuce.
Notes:
Because of family members personal preferences , i used onion and garlic powder.
I used the top skinny part of the celery stalk. It just made chopping easier and used what some people throw away. Tomato sauce can be less than thirty five cents, I used tomato paste and water I
got for .16. Green chilies are cheapest at Winco. Their brand is .66 —half the National brand.
Ground pork was 1.69 a lb. or .85. This made 2 cups of meat .
Total cost : Celery .10, tomato sauce .16, chillies .33, ground pork .85. Total 1.44. Add .50 for taco shells, .50 for cheese and .25 for lettuce. Total 2.69.
At a five dollar meal, you could still add Spanish rice / and /or refried beans.
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