It’s summer, it’s hot, and I have no will to cook inside. This hot heat that starts early in the morning and doesn’t let up until late evening. It has made us get a little more creative in the kitchen with no heat or low heat meals as much as possible. The best part about having a backyard is the ability to stick a grill out there and keep the heat outside. Where it belongs. Plus, there’s something so quintessentially summer about the smell of charcoal and smoke from the grill. You can’t beat the flavor it gives your food.
With this pregnancy, I’ve had some major meat aversions, specifically to beef and chicken. We’ve had to get creative with our go-to meals and switch up our source of protein. While shopping at my local Walmart a few weeks ago, I picked up one of Smithfield’s All Natural Boneless Loin Filet. It already had been pre-marinated, since I wanted a quick and easy meal that I could throw on the grill and prepped and done within the hour. It was so simple, yet a hit with the whole family. I went back and also grabbed Smithfield All Natural Bone-in Pork Chops and Smithfield All Natural Boneless Pork Chops for more lunch and dinner recipes for the next little while.
H, my tornado of a toddler even approves of the Smithfield All Natural Pork. His favorite, number one request lately? Super quick and easy (we’re talking less than 30 minutes from start to finish!) grilled pork tacos. That just so happen to also be really healthy and good for him! Never grilled pork before? Do it!
Ingredients:
- 1 Package of Smithfield All Natural Fresh Pork. (I love the Bone-in Pork Chops and Boneless Pork Chops)
- Marinade of choice – I use whatever I find at the store that looks good that day. One of my favorites is a honey ginger!
- Cabbage, sliced
- Kale, sliced (I actually cheat on this a little bit, and use a Kale power salad mix from Walmart – it has broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, kale and chicory, and is already sliced and diced to be the perfect slaw base for the tacos!)
- Corn or Flour tortillas (I prefer corn, but my family prefers flour, so we usually do a little of both!)
- Corn salsa
- Cilantro, lightly chopped
- 1 lime, sliced into wedges
Directions:
- Preheat your charcoal grill. While it’s getting hot, add a little salt and your marinade of choice, and massage into the Smithfield All Natural Pork.
- Once your grill is hot, lay your Smithfield All Natural Pork over the heat and close the lid. Cook for 6 – 8 minutes.
- Flip the pork onto the other side, and cook for about 6 more minutes. (PSA: If you love your pork medium rare, you should cook it to an internal temperature of 145 degrees (followed by a three-minute rest). If you like your chops a little more done, you can cook them to an internal temperature of 160 degrees. I go somewhere a little in between and they always turn out nice and juicy!)
- When its done, pull your pork off the grill and let it rest for three minutes before cutting it into slices.
- While your Smithfield All Natural Pork is grilling, wash and prep the cabbage, kale and cilantro and slice your lime.
- Assemble your quick and easy grilled pork tacos as you’d like!
And that’s it! SO EASY! These grilled pork tacos are always a hit at every party we go to. They are awesome for family style potlucks or dinners. We also just really love them as an easy weeknight dinner option. Everyone gets to make their own and customize them as they wish. That makes our friends with dairy and gluten intolerances happy. I like that they are healthy, but still full of flavor. These take me less than half an hour to make from start to finish!
Those sound super delish. We love Mexican food in our house.
I love tacos. I need to have my husband grill up some pork to make these.
You had me at quick and easy hahah!! It looks really tasty too I really like it looks like
I have to try this recipe. It has two of my favorite food: tacos and pork. Should be delicious!
Sounds super delicious! 🙂
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy does that ever look good! I love the idea of grilling pork for these!
I really love quick and easy recipes in the summer when it's hot and I don't want to spend hours over the stove. I'll have to try your recipes when the grand kids come over. It looks so tasty.
That looks so good! It's perfect for the summer as well. I love making tacos for the family, normally I use fish since I don't eat port. But thanks for the recipe!
These look delicious! I am all about an easy recipe that I can throw together. Most nights are like that for me, actually! We love puled pork, but haven't tried grilled pork before. It sounds delicious!
We love grilling, and we love taco nights! So it goes without saying that these grilled pork tacos would be a huge hit around here! Thanks for sharing! #client
I love to grill!! I have never made pork tacos before, I bet my kids would love them!
These look absolutely delicious. I love that you are using pork in a way that I never thought to do. Tacos are such fun meal nights and we love to grill… add pork and BAM! I can’t wait to try your recipe.
Wow, these look delicious! I'm going to pass the recipe to my husband… aka my personal chef. 😉
Well, you had me at tacos! I seriously love all things taco and these look delicious!
I'm a huge taco fan! These look so good. I'm going to have to try them next taco Tuesday 🙂
Oh man, those look like perfection! Love it!
I love tacos! Especially grilled tacos. The slaw you made with these looks amazing!
We love tacos at our home! I need to jazz up our menu and add pork to it. Sounds so yummy!
Oh, this is a very tempting post. I an craving for tacos right now.
I can see why they are a hit. My crowd over here would surely love them too.
Yumm! These look delicious. I'll have to add it to my list of recipes to try. 🙂
These look fantastic, I love tacos they are my fav!! nothing beat taco Tuesday at my house.
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These look delicious!! Thank you for these, I will be saving for later.
These look like a fun twist on the usual ground beef tacos!
My brother loves tacos and I am pretty sure he will love this too. I am going to cook this for him. Wish me luck!
The words from the name itself are three of my most favorite things when it comes to food. This looks very scrumptious!
I don't eat pork but I bet my husband would be willing to try this out!