Try This Amazing Street Taco Recipe

Tacos make everything better! What makes a street taco a street taco? According to Uncle Julio’s, street tacos are a Mexican dish that is made up of a corn tortilla filled with meat and topped with salsa, cilantro, and onions. With its humble beginning starting in a garage in 2009, 4 Rivers Smokehouse puts the street in taco.

Courtesy of John Rivers, CEO of 4 Rivers Smokehouse

INGREDIENTS:

• 12 (4-inch) corn or flour tortillas
• 1 ½ pounds smoked beef brisket, chicken, or pork, shredded
• ½ cup queso blando, crumbled
• Fresh jalapeños and cilantro for garnish, chopped
• Pico de Gallo
• Cilantro
• Guasacaca Sauce (recipe below)
• Habanero Sauce (recipe below)

GUASACACA SAUCE INGREDIENTS:

• 1 large onion, roughly chopped
• 2 green peppers, seeded, deveined, and roughly chopped
• 2 avocados, peeled and seeded
• 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
• ½ bunch flat-leaf parsley leaves, roughly chopped
• ½ bunch cilantro leaves, roughly chopped
• ⅓ cup red wine vinegar 1
• ½ tablespoons salt
• ¼ teaspoon black pepper
• 1 jalapeño, seeded, devined, and chopped
• 1 cup olive oil

GUASACACA PREPARATION:

• Put all ingredients except olive oil into a food processor and blend until smooth, working in batches if necessary.
• Add olive oil in a stream with processor running and combine until smooth.
• Let stand at room temperature for at least 1 hour.

HABANERO SAUCE INGREDIENTS:

• 1 ½ pounds red habanero peppers, seeded, devined, and roughly chopped
• 2 large onions, roughly chopped
• 2 green peppers, roughly chopped
• 1 ¾ cups white vinegar
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

MAKE HABANERO SAUCE PREPARATION:

• Preheat oven to 300℉.
• Coat peppers and onions in olive oil, spread on sheet tray, and roast until soft,
• 20 to 30 minutes. In a blender or food processor, puree roasted vegetables, adding vinegar and salt. Set aside until ready to use.

TACOS PREPARATION:

• Heat tortillas in a dry skillet or on the grill,
• 30 seconds each side.
• Evenly divide shredded meat in each tortilla.
• Top with pico de gallo, queso blanco, Guasacaca Sauce and Habanero Sauce
• Garnish with chopped jalapeños and cilantro.

Servings: 12 Tacos