Chicharrones

I have only been introduced to this culinary delight just very recently. I've ordered this appetizer 3 times now, and I'm hooked.

Chicharrones are Mexican pork rinds, but they aren't like any pork rinds you ever get in the chip aisle of the corner store. These wonderful bits of deep fried meat most closely resemble thick cut deep fried bacon. Did that get your attention. Thick cut deep fried bacon. Mmm, bacony goodness.

Now here's the genius to this dish. Fresh squeezed lime juice on the hot sizzling deep fried pork. How do you eat them? Dip them in freshly made hot sauce, and then let the tender lime and hot sauce covered bacony goodness melt in your mouth.

Because this wouldn't be complete without posting where I actually ate this gourmet dish, here's that info. Taqueria Mi Pueblo is a restaurant on the very western edge of Detroit's Mexican Town. If you can go, do so, you won't be disappointed.