Yield: 3-6 (6 Tacos per Tenderloin)

Grilled Chipotle Pork Tenderloin Tacos with Dark Chocolate-Chili & Chipotle Barbecue Sauce

Grilled Chipotle Pork Tenderloin Tacos with Dark Chocolate-Chili & Chipotle Barbecue Sauce

Ingredients

For the Barbecue Sauce:

  • 1 cup ketchup
  • 1/2 cup Heinz Chili Sauce
  • 1/4 cup red wine, I used a cabernet sauvignon
  • 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
  • 1 Tbl. worcestershire sauce
  • 1 1/2 Tbl. chipotles in adobo sauce
  • 2 tsp. aged sweet balsamic vinegar
  • 2 tsp. mustard
  • 1/4 tsp. sriracha chili sauce
  • 1/8 tsp. garlic salt
  • 1/8 tsp. coarse ground black pepper
  • 1 oz. ( 3 thin squares) Lindt Exellence Dark Chocolate-Chili

Rest of Ingredients:

  • 1 recipe Chipotle Grilled Pork Tenderloins
  • 6-12 tortilla shells, flour or white corn or both, grilled or heated
  • 6-12 small inner romaine lettuce leaves
  • salt & pepper
  • 1-2 avocados, diced
  • 6-12 Tbl. finely crumbled queso blanco (or yellow and white shredded mexi-blend cheese)

Instructions

  • In medium saucepan, combine all barbecue sauce ingredients. Heat over medium heat until dark chocolate has melted, stirring. Turn heat down and LOW simmer, stirring for 1-2 minutes, until desired thickness.
  • Grill tortilla shells. Top with each with 2 romaine lettuce leaves, salt and pepper, diced avocado, piles of very thinly sliced pork tenderloin, drizzle with lots of barbecue sauce, and top with tablespoons of finely crumbled queso blanco.
  • Notes

    *Also wonderful piled into hoagie rolls, topped with handfuls of a shredded cheese of choice, and broiled until melted.