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Pork Carnitas Tacos with Serrano Cilantro Lime Hot Sauce

Taco Bar, Toppings and Taco Sauces

Oh the taco. You basically can put anything you want in a taco and it will taste good right? Well, to a point, yes....because who doesn't love meat cheese and sauce stuffed into a tortilla. But if you really want to be blown away by your tacos, you do need a good sauce....one that hits all the right notes and you do want a selection of ingredients in your taco that give you that sweet, sour, crunchy, creamy and spicy punch with every bite. So we here at Wozz have created the ultimate taco bar with toppings guide that of course isn't complete without our award winning sauces.

We've got a great selection of gourmet condiments here at Wozz! that make the best toppings for all your favorite taco combinations. From our award winning Kiwi Lime Salsa Verde to our Jamaican Jerk Pineapple Chutney, we have quite the selection of sauces to jazz up all your tacos from grilled chicken tacos to fish tacos to vegetarian black bean tacos.

So get your grill on and let's make some tacos Wozza style shall we?

Featured Recipe: Cream Cheese and White Bean Chicken Enchiladas Verdes with Wozz! Kiwi Lime Salsa Verde

Taco Bar Ingredients Guide

Grilled Meats, Fish, Seafood, Beans and Vegetables:

Grilled chicken or Shredded Chicken
Beef Flank Steak spiced, grilled and sliced
Grilled or Sautéed Shrimp
Pulled Pork {Carnitas}
Blackened Fish
For All Your Vegetarian Tacos: Grilled Peppers, Poblanos, Red Onions, Mushrooms, Zucchini, Cauliflower
Beans: Black Beans, White Beans, Cannellini Beans, Great Northern Beans, Pinto Beans, Refried Beans
Meatless or Vegan Taco Options: TVP (Texturized Vegetable Protein), Tofu, Tempeh, Jackfruit

Tortillas:

Flour Tortillas Grilled or Warmed
Corn Tortillas Grilled or Warmed

Alternative To Taco Tortillas (If you are skipping the bread)
Lettuce Wraps
Stuff Bell Pepper Halves with Taco Ingredients
Stuff Poblano Peppers with Taco Ingredients
Make A Taco Salad
Serve Your Taco Fixings atop Mexican Cauliflower Rice

Taco Bar Toppings:

Jalapenos Grilled
Cherry Tomatoes Fresh or Grilled
Pickled Onions
Pickled Jalapenos
Black Beans Drained, add a squeeze of lime, sprinkle of salt
Sliced Red Peppers
Corn Grilled and cut off cob
Rice or Cauliflower Rice
Sour Cream
Shredded Cheese
Cotija Cheese Crumbles (A Mexican cheese similar to parmesan but a little more earthy and a little more savory/salty - I highly recommend)
Fresh Cilantro, Fresh Mint, Thai Basil (whatever fresh herbs you prefer)
Bean Sprouts
Diced Avocado or Guacamole (Try our amazing Salsa Verde Guacamole Recipe)
Fresh Limes
Chopped Raw White Onions
Shredded Purple Cabbage, ColeSlaw or Pickled Red Cabbage

Our Favorite Wozz Sauces For A Variety Of Tacos

Kiwi Lime Salsa Verde - Drizzle this classic verde style salsa over fajitas, enchiladas, tacos and nachos. Made with all fresh ingredients, fresh tomatillos, kiwi, charred jalapeno, cilantro and lime, It's tangy and fresh with a smoky spicy kick.

Super Hot Chili Sambal Hot Sauce - a superb combination of fresh Thai chilis, ginger, garlic and lemon with heat level of about 7/10.

Jamaican Jerk Pineapple Chutney and Taco Simmer Sauce- Grilled pineapple with aromatic jerk spices, fresh herbs and a bit of chili heat. This tropical chutney is delicious served on blackened fish tacos, grilled shrimp tacos and pulled pork tacos. For a vegan option, we love this with black bean and bbq jackfruit tacos. *You can either use this as a condiment for topping your taco or as a cooking simmer sauce for your protein.

Serrano Cilantro Lime Hot Sauce - Fresh tangy spicy Verde style hot sauce just perfect for pork carnitas. This is hands down my favorite taco hot sauce!

Spicy Summer Mango Chutney and Taco Simmer Sauce - Juicy sweet mango and a medley of spices with a little bit of habanero chili heat. Simmer your shredded chicken, pork, black beans, cauliflower or shrimp in this sauce and serve hot in your taco shells. Top with your favorite fresh herbs, sour cream and a little pickled onion and voila, you got yourself some mango tacos.

Featured Recipe: Mexican Pork Carnitas with Wozz! Serrano Cilantro Lime Hot Sauce

Taco Spice Mixes For Seasoning Your Meats

Simple Taco Spice Mix For Grilled Meats:
Cumin+ Smoked Paprika + Chili Powder + Juice of 1 Lemon + Salt & Pepper

Simple Taco Spice Mix For Blackened Fish & Shrimp
Jamaican Jerk Spice Blend + Salt + Pepper + Juice of 1 Lime

Quick Pickled Onions Recipe:

1 Large Red Onion Sliced
1.5 Cup White Wine or Red Wine Vinegar
1 Tbs Kosher Salt
1/2 cup sugar

Bring salt, sugar and vinegar to a boil, add onion, turn off heat, allow onions to cool in liquid stirring to make sure onions are submerged in liquid. store in fridge. this will work with cucumbers, cauliflower, jalapenos, banana peppers and carrots as well.

Simple Guacamole Recipe:

3-4 Avocados
1 Tomato
1 Clove Garlic
1/2 large Red Onion
2-3 Limes Juiced
Handful Cilantro
1/4 Red Pepper
Salt Pepper

In a small food processor chop tomatoes, onion, red pepper, cilantro, garlic, salt and pepper. In a bowl crush up avocado with a fork or masher with chopped ingredients. Squeeze in lime juice and serve. Add additional salt pepper or lime juice as needed.

For a fast and easy guacamole recipe try our:

1-2-3 Easy Guacamole: Wozz! Salsa Verde Guacomole Recipe

Taco Combinations Featuring Wozz! Taco Simmer Sauces Trio:

Shrimp Tacos:

Grilled Shrimp + Jamaican Jerk Pineapple Chutney + Fresh Mint or Cilantro, + Sour Cream + Fresh Lime Wedges

Shrimp sauteed in Spicy Summer Mango Chutney + Shredded Purple Cabbage Slaw + Cilantro Lime Sour Cream + Red Onion

Fish Tacos:

Grilled Fish + Kiwi Lime Salsa Verde + Sour Cream or Cilantro Infused Mayo + Grilled Tortillas + Fresh Cilantro + Avocado + Shredded Purple Cabbage + Sliced Radish + Fresh Lime Wedges
(Pictured Below)

Fish Tacos with Kiwi Lime Salsa Verde | Wozz Kitchen Creations

Fish Taco #2: Blackened Cod + Jamaican Jerk Pineapple Chutney + Sour Cream + Avocado + Fresh Cilantro + Grilled Corn Tortillas + Fresh Lime Wedges (Pictured Below)

Beef Tacos:

Grilled Sirloin Beef + Spicy Summer Mango Chutney + Black Beans + Diced Red Pepper + Cilantro + Sour Cream

Grilled Sirloin Beef + Kiwi Lime Salsa Verde + Sliced Avocado + Feta or Cotija Cheese + Grilled Corn
(pictured below)

Chicken and Pork Taco Combinations:

Pulled Pork + Jamaican Jerk Pineapple Chutney + Fresh Mint + Pickled Onions + Sour Cream + BBQ Sauce

Grilled Chicken + Spicy Summer Mango + Black Beans + Sour Cream + Shredded Lettuce + Pickled Red Onion

Shredded Chicken + Refried Beans + Kiwi Lime Salsa Verde + Cilantro + Diced White Onion + Sour Cream + Fresh Lime

These are just a few of many combinations, mix match toppings per your liking.

And don't forget to add some of our favorite Serrano Cilantro Lime Hot Sauce to all your taco combinations. Can't go wrong with this one.

Happy Taco Tuesday!

Wozz! Kitchen Creations wins sofi™ Gold and a Salute to our Fellow Makers

Okay, so as an actual "maker" of specialty foods as in yes, we are in the kitchen every week peeling fresh vegetables, stirring pots, twisting lids and carrying boxes...we are thrilled to take the aprons off, leave the land of more pine trees than people and head down to NYC for the annual sofi™ awards to receive the sofi™ Gold for our Kiwi Lime Salsa Verde. I guess peeling the sticky skins of tomatillos for hours and topping and tailing jalapeno after jalapeno and let's not forget peeling fresh kiwis....well I guess it's worth it?!

We were in great company at the awards ceremony with fellow Vermont producers taking home a few honors as well. Big Picture Farm won Best New Product for their Raspberry Rhubarb Goats Milk Caramel, Fat Toad Farm won Outstanding Product Line for their line of farmstead goats milk caramel sauce and Vermont Creamery took home the gold for their cultured butter sea salt basket. You can't get any more artisan than these guys...from raising your animals to the making of the products...that is straight up hard work and a whole lotta love.

{photo courtesy of Big Picture Farm Blog}

I must add that Vermont Creamery was also nominated for their Bonne Bouche aged goats cheese which goes fantastic with our Spiced Beet Savory Spread and Balsamic Fig Mostarda....just thought I would slip that into the conversation.

Potlicker Kitchen took home a sofi™ Silver for their Carrot Cake Jam...yup carrot cake jam...and well it's THE jam. We hung out with them at NYC's Eataly post show and closed the place down....so much good cheese, pasta, wine...It's Eataly what can I say.

{Vermont Sofi Winners: Potlicker Kitchen, Fat Toad Farm, Big Picture Farm and us}

We also got to share a table and a few bottles of wine with our new friends; Wackym's Cookies whose salted sour lemon cookie was nominated for a sofi™ in the cookie, cakes and brownies category...they were lovely, lovely people and Bittermilk, whose line of cocktail bitters is beautiful...they have the nicest packaging and they handcraft all their own products themselves down in Charleston, South Carolina. They even smoke their own honey and char-grill grapefruit...don't you want a cocktail now? That's why they were nominated for Oustanding Product Line.

I have to also give a little shout out to CoolHaus Ice Cream because if you guys didn't know it ...I work with your uncle Dr. D at the hospital. For real. Small world. And to Nella Pasta...#Boston #SOWAsundays

The sofi™ ceremony was held at the Javitz Center and not only were newbies like us celebrated but pioneers of the specialty food industry were recognized. The founders of Dean and Deluca were one of the recipients of the lifetime achievement awards and listening to their speech was quite insightful. On opening up the first Dean and Deluca shop in NYC's soho district, co-founder Jack Ceglic spoke about the start up and how they painted the walls themselves because they had no money...my mom was our first cashier, he said. You realize we all start somewhere with a fire in our hearts and you learn quickly that opportunity is usually dressed in overalls. Dean and Deluca, the big shiny storefront speckled with the best cheeses, cookware and specialty foods that you see now all over the world...it started with one shop and a few people who had an idea.

To be in a room a few tables across the way from these pioneers, to sit at a table and chat with fellow producers and to have won the sofi™ award is such an honor and something we are truly grateful for. The Specialty Food Association has been pivotal in our success, they've provided us with some amazing opportunities and we feel pretty damn lucky. ###

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After sailing the high seas for almost a decade as a private luxury yacht chef, I have retired my sea legs and started a specialty foods company. Within the last few years we have been lucky enough to have gained a great customer base, fantastic retailers and even brought home a couple sofi™ awards. Who would have thought? Not me, that's for sure. However, at the end of the day, my roots bring me back to the kitchen, not to only make specialty foods, chutneys and sauces but to make everyday meals. So I want to do more than offer you a line of gourmet products, I want to offer you basic cooking tips tricks and recipes that I have learned from my years working as a chef abroad. I also want to keep our company personal because our food is personal. All of our products are handcrafted by us in small batches and each product has it's own story that is ever evolving much like our own lives that we want to share with you. So here you will find a mix of everything; Recipes, cooking lessons and tips, product posts, random stories, and a few flashbacks thrown in of our life abroad and our life now....so welcome to our blog.

Shrimp Summer Rolls | Three Dipping Sauces

Shrimp Summer Rolls | Dipping Sauces

It's been ages since I have been able to do some new recipe posts. Finally today, Wozz and I were able to get in the kitchen and prepare some summer favorites of ours. It's almost May so we are transitioning from crusty bread and beef stew to healthy fresh choices...we are a bit over due. These shrimp summer rolls are just the transition fix we need. Full of all the good stuff, fresh julienned carrots, cucumbers, mint, cilantro, shrimp but so delicious especially when dipped in 3 of our favorite sauces: Thai Hot Pepper, Vietnamese Green Tea and Mint, and Japanese Sesame Miso.

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