I have been dreaming about this Mexican carnitas bar for months, and I am so excited to tell you about it! I mean, as you can see, this bar is super fun, and relatively simple to throw together since you can use a mix of homemade and store-bought ingredients. Obviously you need to make a batch of these carnitas, but from there on out, the options for the bar are pretty much endless. Oh ok, you definitely need things like salsa and guacamole, but again, isn’t that obvious?
Let’s just break this carnitas bar down piece by piece, k?? …first up you need to make your carnitas. The best part about these carnitas is that you can make them well in advance (I’m talking a day or two) and I swear they get better with time. So good. So make your carnitas and make a lot, maybe even a double batch if you’re serving a crowd. You need to choose all your carnitas bar toppings. For me, this meant “leave nothing out”… like nothing. ….yummy oven baked french fries for making things like carnitas fries…aka carnitas nachos, but on fries. YUM. …crispy sweet potato rounds for topping tacos or making nachos. …pineapple pico de gallo – cause pineapple is the bestest. …charred corn salsa… I mean, duh. …charred tomatillo salsa or just salsa verde…or BOTH! 🙂 …all the guacamole you can possibly make…with plenty of chips for scooping. …fresh cilantro, jalapeños, radishes and limes. …CHEESE – again, duh. …black beans. …cilantro lime rice for burrito bowls. …warm corn or flour tortilla…for tacos, burritos, basically as a way to load up on the carnitas and toppings. And DONE. Mexican Carnitas Bar complete!
Essentially this is just a fancy taco bar, but really you can get creative and add any taco/Mexican inspired topping and food you love. Like I said, you can make things easy and use store-bought salsa or make your own, but just be sure you have lots and lots of salsa…oh, and guacamole. Really, can you ever have too much salsa and guacamole? No never. The only thing left needed to complete your Mexican feast is a margarita, or maybe a fruity ingredient pineapple chelada? Maybe both? Are you guys thinking what I want you to be thinking?!?! That come this time next Thursday (Cinco de Mayo!!) you’ll be enjoying this epic carnitas bar and kicking back like it’s a Friday?? Let the planning begin! YESSS.
OK cool… on to the Mexican Carnitas Bar! Done and DONE. 🙂
