smashed green onion cake tacos

TOTAL TIME: 30 minutes

SERVES: 2

Protein

• 1 lb ground pork

Pantry

• 5 frozen green onion cakes

• 1 tbsp soy sauce

• 1/4 cup + 1/2 tbsp rice wine vinegar

• 1 tbsp sriracha

• 1 tbsp kewpie mayo

• 1/8 tsp fish sauce

• 1/2 tsp sesame oil

• 1/4 tsp white pepper

• 1 tbsp + 1 tsp sugar

• Neutral oil

Produce

• 1 tbsp fresh minced ginger

• 1 garlic clove

• 1/2 green cabbage

• 2 large carrots

• Cilantro for garnish

1. Make your slaw. Thinly slice cabbage and carrot and add to a bowl. Add remaining ingredients: 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar, 1 tbsp kewpie mayo, 1/2 tsp sesame oil, 1 tbsp sugar, 1/2 tsp salt. Mix well and set aside. Mix a few times while you're prepping the rest so the sauce doesn't just settle at the bottom.

2. Make your smash meat filling. To a large bowl, add all ingredients: 1 lb ground pork, 1 tbsp fresh minced ginger, 1 minced garlic clove, 1/4 tsp white pepper, 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1/2 tbsp rice wine vinegar, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tbsp sriracha, 1/8 tsp fish sauce. Mix with your hand until just incorporated. Set in fridge.

3. Cook your green onion cakes. According to package - usually this is how: add 1 tsp oil to a pan over medium heat. From frozen, add green onion cakes to pan and cook until golden brown on both sides. Set on a wire rack to cool enough to handle.

4. Make your smash tacos. Divide meat evenly across one side of your green onion cakes and spread into an even layer, pressing it as far to the edge as you can - the meat will shrink so a bit over the edge is ok! Heat a pan over medium high heat with a small splash of oil. Once hot, place green onion cakes onto pan, meat side down, and press down hard with a spatula. Cook for 2-4 minutes depending on how thick your meat is, you want golden brown and cooked through of course. Remove from heat and repeat with all green onion cakes.

5. Assemble your tacos. Top each green onion cake with slaw, more sriracha and fresh cilantro.

**Use smaller green onion pancakes if you can find them as it will be easier to eat like a taco. The Trader Joe's ones are quite large so you will want a really thin layer of meat and may need to knife and fork it!

**The meat may not fully stick on depending on the green onion pancake you use as some have more oil. That's ok, still follow the instructions as is, they still taste great and stay together while eating.

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Questions? Drop a comment below if you have any questions, and don’t forget to let me know if you make it!