Simple Goat Tacos with Adobo and Tomatillo Sauce
Photo Credit: Shepherdsongfarm.com
Goat Tacos
Ingredients
4 lb Ground Goat
1 oz Grapeseed oil
2 ea Jalapeno
4 ea Garlic cloves
1 oz Cilantro
4 oz Crumbled queso fresco cheese
8 oz Canned chipotle peppers in adobo 1 small can, pureed in a food processor
2 ea Medium-sized fresh tomatillos
2 ea Medium-sized red vine tomatoes
1 ea Large onion diced small
1 ea Lime optional
1 ea Avocado optional
4 oz Sour cream
**Note: Add Cita’s Salsas to the meal to create a delicious zest!
Cedar Hill Farm Ground Goat Meat
Instructions
Meat
Heat oil in a deep saute pan or short Dutch oven and sauté onions until a medium brown (save 1oz for garnish)
Add garlic and allow to cook for 1 minute. Do not brown.
Add meat and lightly brown.
Break up meat with a spatula. Add half the jalapenos, tomato puree and Adobo.
Add water to cover just above meat. Cover and either bake in the oven at 300°F or cook slowly on stove top until tender (approximately 1 hr), skimming off the fat every 20 minutes.
Cut the tomatoes and tomatillos in half. Over medium heat on a cast iron skillet blacken the tomatoes and tomatillos face side down. Do not move until caramelized. Remove and puree half of them and dice the other half for garnish.
Plating
Toast the tortillas in a small amount of oil until they are crisp around the edges (approximately 30 seconds), on one side only. They can also be charred lightly directly over a gas burner.
Reserve tortillas in a hand towel inside a Ziploc to help keep them warm.
When ready to serve spread 1 Tablespoon of Adobo puree on tortilla.
Add 2 oz of ground goat meat.
Garnish with 1 Tablespoon of Queso, 1 teaspoon onions, and 1 Tablespoon charred diced tomatoes.
Add roasted peppers, jalapenos, avocado, sour cream and lime wedge as desired.
Recipe credit: https://www.shepherdsongfarm.com/lamb-and-goat-recipes/ground-goat-tacos-with-blackened-tomatoes/