Taco Tastings

The first thing a visitor to Vancouver discovers is the plethora of food carts in the downtown area. From Smithe St. to Canada Place and Thurlow St. to Richards St. a visitor to Vancouver can find Dim Sum, Indian food, grilled cheese sandwiches, and tacos galore! It is extremely easy to completely empty your wallet on naan and rice balls. For those of us on a bit of a tighter budget, it can be extremely rough to balance the tasty goodness of street food against the necessary money saving efforts of cooking at home. 

Thanks to google and a little imagination I found it possible to make my own food cart-style Korean tacos. I chose to make Dwaegi (spicy pork) Bulgogi tacos with chili-lime rice and jack cheese.  I started marinating the pork 24 hours before making the tacos in a spicy soy sauce sesame mixture. In the end they were some of the best tacos I have ever made and the only thing I will do different next time is make a fruit salsa to go with them. Possibly guacamole as well because avocados can improve anything!

Korean Dwaegi Bulgogi Tacos

 Pork

• 1 pound pork shoulder or loin thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon Sriracha chili sauce 
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce 
• 1 tablespoon sugar 
• 1 tablespoon Asian sesame oil 
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 2 tablespoons rice wine

Combine all ingredients and marinate for at least 6 hours or up to 24 hours. Cook meat on a grill or in a skillet, then chop for tacos. 

Chili-Lime Rice

•  1/2 cup rice
• Water
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 2 teaspoons chili powder

Make rice according to individual preference. Mix in lime juice and chili powder.

Assemble meat and rice on small flour tortillas and top with shredded jack cheese and Sriracha chili sauce. Enjoy!