{"id":16963,"date":"2014-09-24T08:48:31","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T14:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=16963"},"modified":"2014-09-24T08:48:31","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T14:48:31","slug":"review-the-taco-revolution-by-brandon-schultz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2014\/09\/review-the-taco-revolution-by-brandon-schultz\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: The Taco Revolution by Brandon Schultz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We love tacos in this house. \u00a0On the whole we probably eat tacos at least once a week. \u00a0It&#8217;s easy to quickly cook up some ground meat, season, and serve in a shell or wrap. \u00a0Putting a pork shoulder in the slow cooker and we&#8217;ve got pulled pork tacos for days. \u00a0Plus you get to load up your taco anyway you please with a variety of condiments.<\/p>\n<p>Tacos fall into the crowd pleaser category, almost everyone loves taco night!<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes we can fall into a rut with tacos, having the same style frequently. \u00a0I was happy to accept The Taco Revolution by Brandon Schultz for review. \u00a0This cookbook is jam packed with some pretty creative taco ideas like the Zuccini Pesto\u00a0Taco and the Korean Taco, just to name a couple.<\/p>\n<p>Along with recipes this taco cookbook also offers up a list of what kitchen items you&#8217;ll need in order to prepare all of these recipes, spice mix recipes, and how to make your own taco shells and tortillas. \u00a0Plus a section devoted to making sauces and salsas at home.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s pretty much an all-in-one book full of taco inspiration!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2014\/09\/review-the-taco-revolution-by-brandon-schultz\/taco_cookbook_review\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16964\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16964\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/taco_cookbook_review.jpg\" alt=\"Barbecue Pork Taco\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/taco_cookbook_review.jpg 900w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/taco_cookbook_review-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/taco_cookbook_review-816x544.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I went with the Barbecue Pork Taco because I had some pork already out that needed to be used and some barbecue sauce ready to go.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Barbecue Pork Taco<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a9 Brandon Schultz, reprinted with persmission from Skyhorse Publishing<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Makes 6-8 tacos<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1TBSP Butter<\/li>\n<li>1 medium white onion, sliced<\/li>\n<li>2 pounds pork, cut into 7 or 8 large chunks<\/li>\n<li>2 cans vegetable broth (14.5oz each)<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 C barbecue sauce<\/li>\n<li>1tsp black pepper<\/li>\n<li>2C lettuce, torn into large pieces<\/li>\n<li>1 large tomato, diced<\/li>\n<li>1TBSP sour cream per taco<\/li>\n<li>Tortillas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Melt butter in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. \u00a0Add onion and saute until tender, about 6-7 minutes. Add pork and brown on all sides, about 10 minutes. \u00a0Add vegetable broth and bring to a boil. \u00a0Reduce to a simmer, cover, and cook 1 hour.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Shred pork into large pieces using two forks to pull meat apart. \u00a0Cover and cook 10 more minutes. \u00a0Pull meat apart into smaller shreds, cover, and cook 10 more minutes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>In a medium mixing bowl, mix pork, barbecue sauce, and pepper.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Loosely cover a tortilla with torn lettuce. \u00a0Top with pork, tomato, and sour cream.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I used hard taco shells instead of soft and\u00a0the tacos turned out great. I\u00a0<a title=\"Hatch Green Chili Barbecue Sauce\" href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2012\/10\/hatch-green-chili-barbecue-sauce\/\" target=\"_blank\">used a homemade sauce<\/a> but you can use your favorite barbecue sauce.<\/p>\n<p>This cookbook is full of creative recipes for tacos and I bet you would find inspiration on how to repurpose weeknight leftovers into tacos.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Skyhorse Publishing for sending this book my way!<\/p>\n<p><em>Disclaimer: I was sent this cookbook for review. \u00a0I was not compensated for this post and my statements are my own.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We love tacos in this house. \u00a0On the whole we probably eat tacos at least once a week. \u00a0It&#8217;s easy to quickly cook up some ground meat, season, and serve in a shell or wrap. \u00a0Putting a pork shoulder in the slow cooker and we&#8217;ve got pulled pork tacos for days. \u00a0Plus you get to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"status","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[15],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-4pB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16963"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}