WATERMELON PORK TACOS

By ldelmas

Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• For the pork:
• 2 pork tenderloins (about 2 pounds), silver skin trimmed, cut into 1-inch-thick slices
• 1 tablespoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1 tablespoon freshly ground pepper
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh ginger
• 1 tablespoon seeded and minced serrano chile
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh garlic
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
• For the salsa:
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
• 1 cup small (about 1/4 inch)watermelon cubes
• 1/4 English cucumber, seeded and cut into 1/4-inch cubes
• 1 Hass avocado, pitted, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch cubes
• 4 large, sturdy romaine-heart
• leaves, cut into 4-inch lengths (to resemble taco shells)

Preparation

Step 1

Combine all the pork ingredients in a resealable plastic bag and marinate for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, for

the salsa, whisk together the rice vinegar, olive oil, soy sauce and sesame oil in a medium bowl. Gently

fold in the watermelon, cucumber and avocado. Refrigerate until chilled.



Preheat a grill to medium heat. Remove the pork from the marinade, pat dry and grill for 2 minutes on

one side. Turn and grill 1 more minute; remove from the heat and let rest 3 minutes before cutting into

1/2-inch pieces.



Fill the lettuce "shells" with pork, top with salsa and devour!