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Well, there's already perfect answers.
So, let me say that you ain't lived until you've had a ham and collard taco.
The place that makes it won't share their recipe (can't blame them because people have already tried to copy them). But, I've got some guesses.
I know there's collards, fine chopped. It's definitely braised. There's a smoked pork product involved, and it seems like it's probably smoked ham hock. Tastes right, texture is right, so there's only so many options.
I'm not as confident in the peppers used. They're dried peppers for sure, and think it's a blend of ancho, guajillo, and pasilla. But they're definitely starting from dried and cooking them at the same time as the collards. I'm just not able to tell for sure which ones, or their proportions.
There's chopped onions and minced garlic. Again, hard to tell how much.
They have a spice blend as well, and while you can tell it's there, I haven't gotten far into picking out what all is there, or how much. Oregano, cumin, and paprika seem to be the biggest factors, with black pepper being a lesser component. The cumin is light, the oregano and paprika stronger. But they sprinkle the spice blend on top after they dish out the collards.
They're served in your choice of corn or flour tortilla, or a hard taco shell.
What you get is a mouthful of this slightly hot, deeply rich and smoky goodness with pops of the seasoning blend that spread across your tongue as you chew.
The joint keeps hot sauce on the tables, and you can request a cup of it for takeout. I'm not sure if it's something they make, or buy in bulk, but it reminds me of cholula. A little more vinegary though. It also kinda reminds me of a vinegar barbeque sauce like you'll find at some pit smoked bbq joints, just thicker.
It runs heavier on the pork than traditional southern collards. Seems like it's about 20% pork rather than being a flavoring agent with just traces of the hock spread out
But I'm telling you, it's a must try. Not going to pin my location down by naming the place, but if you're ever up in the mountains here in the south, and you see a place that offers mexican soul food, you stop and go in. Not everything they have is great, some of it is outright bad tbh (you really don't want the over peppered mac n cheese that's covered in what seems to be chili powder), but those collard tacos are amazeballs
That sounds so good
It's nothing I ever would have thought of, but it's such a natural concept that I'm angry I didn't lol. Mind you, I do my own version now, what with the restaurant being a county away across some less than great roads.
But a nice corn tortilla is basically Mexican johnny cake, so it blends two cuisines perfectly
Mexican soul food, you say?