{"id":177,"date":"2014-09-11T02:52:01","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T02:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/sdMXNblog\/?p=177"},"modified":"2014-09-11T13:05:39","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T13:05:39","slug":"taco-express-amazing-carnitas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/sdMXNblog\/taco-express-amazing-carnitas\/","title":{"rendered":"Taco Express: Amazing Carnitas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_178\" style=\"width: 306px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/sdMXNblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_2875.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-178\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-178\" src=\"http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/sdMXNblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_2875-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Carnitas Plate from Taco Express\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/sdMXNblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_2875-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/sdMXNblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_2875-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carnitas Plate from Taco Express<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/sdMXNblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_2877.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-179\" src=\"http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/sdMXNblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_2877-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2877\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/sdMXNblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_2877-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/sdMXNblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_2877-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I love carnitas. \u00a0It&#8217;s hands down my favorite type of meat when it comes to\u00a0taco shops and Mexican restaurants. \u00a0There are two types of carnitas, chunk and shredded. \u00a0I prefer the shredded. \u00a0After visiting hundreds of taco shops in the San Diego area, I cannot find better carnitas for the price than the carnitas offered at <a title=\"Taco Express\" href=\"http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/?q=search-business&amp;field_category_tid=All&amp;tid=&amp;title=Taco+Express\" target=\"_blank\">Taco Express<\/a> in downtown San Diego.<\/p>\n<p>A number of factors make the carnitas at Taco Express amazing. \u00a0The carnitas at Taco Express is lean, moist, and always seasoned with a lot of flavor. \u00a0I&#8217;ve spoken to the owner\/chef at length and he&#8217;s confirmed that he purchases lean pork\u00a0and he seasons the carnitas with his own blend of herbs and ingredients before slow cooking the pork to perfection.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a carnitas fan, you need to go to Taco Express immediately and order one of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carnitas plate (pictured above): this is the biggest carnitas dish on the menu. \u00a0You get a full serving of carnitas with guacamole, a lime wedge, pico de gallo, rice and beans, and 4 corn or flour tortillas. \u00a0There is easily enough carnitas here to make 4 carnitas tacos. \u00a0This is all available for just under 7 dollars.<\/li>\n<li>Carnitas tacos: two carnitas tacos, rice and and beans.<\/li>\n<li>Carnitas burrito: a carnitas burrito, tortilla, some guac, and lots of carnitas.<\/li>\n<li>California burrito with a meat substitution to switch the carne asada with carnitas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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