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Home » Recipes » Meal Types » Appetizers » Easy Pork Mole Tacos & Carnival-Inspired Foods with Curly’s BBQ

August 8, 2018 · Updated June 19, 2020 · 1 Comment

Easy Pork Mole Tacos & Carnival-Inspired Foods with Curly’s BBQ

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This shortcut recipe for easy pork mole tacos brings out authentic Mexican flavors…with a twist! Ready in minutes! Plus more carnival inspired recipes for your next backyard barbecue. Sponsored by Curly’s BBQ.

This shortcut recipe for easy pork mole tacos brings out authentic Mexican flavors...with a twist! Ready in minutes!

Carnival-Inspired Party Foods with Curly’s BBQ

Prior to becoming a full-time recipe developer for the blog, my husband owned and operated a food truck for almost 2 years. He found a lot of his inspiration in carnival style foods — which are often battered and fried, over-the-top, creative creations designed to attracted attention and wow taste buds. In fact, one of my husband’s top-selling items on the truck were fried sandwich cookies topped with Mexican caramel and whipped cream.

This summer Curly’s BBQ challenged my husband to whip up two unique party recipes for a backyard barbecue event. My husband drew on his favorite carnival food classics to create Easy Pork Mole Tacos and Fried Baby Back Ribs.

There’s never a shortage of family and friends ready and willing to taste-test my husband’s latest recipes!

Eating tacos at backyard party

Easy Pork Mole Tacos

Taco trucks are a staple at carnivals and festivals, and tacos happen to be one of my husband’s specialties. This shortcut recipe for pork mole tacos brings out authentic Mexican flavors…with a twist!

This shortcut recipe for easy pork mole tacos brings out authentic Mexican flavors...with a twist! Ready in minutes!

What is Mole?

Mole is a traditional Mexican sauce, often incorporating over twenty ingredients (even chocolate!) For our pork mole tacos we used the most common variety, Mole Poblano, which is the rich dark sauce that most people associate with mole.

Since making homemade mole can take a long time and LOTS of components, we used a pre-made mole sauce to save time. To make it our own and provide depth of flavor, we added peanut butter and chicken broth.

Another shortcut was using Curly’s BBQ Sauceless Pulled Pork — it’s precooked so you don’t have to spend hours in the kitchen to get that authentic barbecue taste. Love it!

The addition of fresh chopped spinach and my husband’s tangy homemade pink pickled radishes perfectly balances out the richness of the mole.

TIP: We used Curly’s Sauceless Pulled Pork, but if you prefer chicken, Curly’s BBQ Sauceless Pulled Chicken is amazing too! See how we incorporated it in our Chicken Chipotle Melt Sandwiches here.

Close up of pork mole taco with Curly's BBQ sauceless pulled pork

This shortcut recipe for easy pork mole tacos brings out authentic Mexican flavors...with a twist! Ready in minutes!
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Easy Pork Mole Tacos

This shortcut recipe for easy pork mole tacos brings out authentic Mexican flavors...with a twist! Ready in minutes!
Prep Time5 mins
Cook Time10 mins
Total Time15 mins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Mexican
Keyword: mole, pork, tacos
Servings: 8 tacos
Calories: 344kcal
Author: Stacey aka the Soccer Mom

Ingredients

  • 1 package Curly's BBQ Sauceless Pulled Pork
  • 4 ounces mole sauce
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 1 Tablespoon peanut butter
  • Pink pickled radishes and onions
  • 8 corn tortillas

Instructions

  • Combine mole sauce, chicken broth, and peanut butter in a medium sauce pan, whisking together as the mixture heats. 
  • Once sauce is well incorporated and warmed through, add Curly's BBQ Sauceless Pulled Pork and toss until meat is fully coated in mole sauce.
  • Layer corn tortillas with shredded spinach, a heaping portion of mole pork, and pink pickled radishes and onions.

Notes

Note: Nutrition information is a rough estimate only; actual values will vary based on the exact ingredients used and amount of recipe prepared.

Nutrition

Calories: 344kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 26mg | Sodium: 368mg | Potassium: 84mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 750IU | Vitamin C: 2.1mg | Calcium: 43mg | Iron: 1.9mg

Bucket of fried rib lollipops with BBQ sauce

Carnival Style Fried Ribs

When my husband and I visit local festivals, one of our favorite things to do is check out all the food stands and see what they’re frying up. You can find just about anything battered and fried at a carnival — it’s such a fun way to eat your favorite foods!

We love Curly’s BBQ Baby Back Ribs, and thought it would be exciting to fry them up carnival-style! Not only do fried ribs taste amazing, but it makes them almost mess-free to eat — perfect when you’re nibbling appetizers while standing up at a backyard barbecue!

Here’s how to make them:

Prepare one rack of Curly’s BBQ Baby Back Pork Ribs according to directions on package, allow to cool enough to handle, then wipe off excess sauce. Cut into individual ribs.

A Mexican comfort food classic gets a Texas twist — BBQ Pork Taquitos are quick, easy, and downright addictive!

Batter each individual rib (we used funnel cake batter for that authentic carnival flavor) and fry in oil for about 2 minutes, until the coating starts to turn a light golden brown.

TIP: Make them gluten free with our gluten free funnel cake batter recipe, available here.

Remove from oil and allow to dry on paper towels to soak up any excess oil.

We served ours with extra BBQ sauce for dipping:

Fried rib lollipop dipped in BBQ sauce

Where to Find Curly’s BBQ Products

You can find all of the Curly’s BBQ products we used for our recipes at most major grocers in the refrigerated meat section. It doesn’t get more convenient than that!

Click here to see more recipe inspiration and products available from Curly’s BBQ.

Which recipe would you most like to try? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

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This shortcut recipe for easy pork mole tacos brings out authentic Mexican flavors...with a twist! Ready in minutes!

More Carnival Style Favorites for Your Backyard Party

All the flavor of the original packed into the perfect handheld bite (plus a surprising secret ingredient!) — our Mini Monte Cristo Sandwich is a guaranteed crowd-pleasing party appetizer!

Mini Monte Cristo Sandwiches

A classic funnel cake recipe that's crispy on the outside and soft and fluffy on the inside...you'd never believe they're actually gluten free!

Gluten Free Funnel Cakes

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Stacey is the creator of The Soccer Mom Blog, a Houston Texas mom blog that focuses on positive living for women and families. She loves to share real food recipes, money-saving tips, parenting encouragement, kids activities, DIY tutorials, home hacks, fitness, and so much more! To get to know Stacey even better, click here.
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  1. Isadora Guidoni says

    August 13, 2018 at 8:46 am

    Never heard of mole tacos before but they look really good and kinda cute!

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