The Adventurous Couple Version Tacos Part 9b Portable -
If you’ve been following our Adventurous Couple Version Tacos series, you know that Part 9a was messy. Really messy. That was the night we tried to do a full carnitas braise at 10,000 feet using a broken camp stove and a rainfly as a windbreak. We ended up eating pork scraps off a spatula while shivering in the dark.
This isn’t just a recipe. It’s a tactical system for two people who want to eat authentic, layered, adventurous tacos halfway up a ridge, on a kayak, or in the back of a dusty Jeep. No leaks. No sogginess. No forks required. Most backpacking meals are dehydrated mush. Most "trail tacos" are just cold beans in a floppy tortilla. But for us—the adventurous couple—food is the reward. Tacos are the motivation to climb one more mile.
You don't need a cooler. You don't need a camp stove (though it helps). You need a system, a squeeze bottle, and a partner who doesn't mind eating crushed pork rinds off a granite boulder next to a 50-foot drop. the adventurous couple version tacos part 9b portable
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Welcome back, trail taco hunters.
By: Alex & Jamie (The Adventurous Couple) Series: 100 Miles of Tacos | Chapter: 9b
| Category | Item | Quantity | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Tortillas | Lard-based, 6-inch | 24 | | Protein | Machaca (dehydrated) | 1 cup dry | | Protein 2 | Oil-packed mackerel | 2 tins | | Salsa | Rope salsa (frozen) | 6 oz | | Crunch | Crushed chicharrones | 1 cup | | Acid | Pickled red onions | ½ cup | | Cheese | Cotija, crumbled | ½ cup | | Tool | Silicone squeeze bottle (3 oz) | 2 | | Tool | Beeswax wraps | 2 | | Tool | Clean bandanas | 4 | We started this "Part 9b" as a fix for a failure. We ended up creating a philosophy. Tacos aren't just for Tuesdays. Tacos aren't just for tables. Tacos are the perfect adventure food if you respect the physics of the trail. If you’ve been following our Adventurous Couple Version
The frozen salsa has thawed to perfect squeeze consistency. The dry bag worked. No leaks.