Tacos al Pastor

Serves 4
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Directions

  1. 1Slice the pork shoulder butt into smaller steaks.
  2. 2Remove seeds and stems from dried chiles.
  3. 3Toast chiles, garlic, onion, and bay leaves in a pan.
  4. 4Add water and vinegar to the pan to soften the chiles.
  5. 5Transfer the toasted ingredients to a blender, adding achiote paste, cumin, salt, pepper, pineapple juice, chicken stock, and lime juice.
  6. 6Blend until a smooth marinade forms.
  7. 7Pour the marinade over the pork slices and refrigerate.
  8. 8Remove husks from tomatillos, then grill tomatillos, jalapeños, onion, and garlic for the salsa.
  9. 9Crush garlic and salt in a mortar and pestle, followed by the grilled jalapeños, then the tomatillos.
  10. 10Mix chopped cilantro into the salsa.
  11. 11Stack the marinated pork and pineapple slices onto a vertical skewer.
  12. 12Roast the pork stack on a grill.
  13. 13Mix corn masa flour with water to create tortilla dough, press into discs, and cook on a griddle.
  14. 14Shred the oaxaca cheese to prepare it for gringas.

Ingredients

  • 1 whole pork shoulder butt, sliced
  • several dried chiles
  • several clove garlic
  • 1 whole onion
  • 2 bay leaf
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/4 cup vinegar
  • 1 tbsp achiote paste
  • 1 tsp cumin seed
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 cup canned pineapple juice
  • 1/2 cup chicken stock
  • 1 whole lime juice
  • 10 whole tomatillo
  • 4 whole jalapeño pepper
  • 1 bunch cilantro
  • 2 cup corn masa flour
  • 1 whole oaxaca cheese

Equipment

knifeskilletblenderrefrigerator containergrillmortar and pestlevertical meat skewermixing bowltortilla press