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25 min4350 kcal
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Tacos al Pastor
Chili-and-achiote marinated pork, spit-roasted with pineapple and shaved into warm corn tortillas with onion and cilantro.
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Recipe by Mexican tradition · 🏺 Traditional
Traditional dish — A dish with no single author. The link is background on where it comes from — the steps here are our own writing, not a reproduction.
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⏱ 180 min🍽 6 servings🔥 320 kcal🇲🇽 Mexico🌶️🌶️
Gluten-freeDairy-free
Steps
Toast and soak the dried chilies, then blend them with achiote, vinegar, garlic and spices into a smooth adobo.
Coat the thin pork slices in the marinade and refrigerate several hours or overnight.
Stack the marinated slices tightly and roast (on a vertical spit, or layered in a hot oven) until the edges caramelize.
Char slices of pineapple alongside.
Shave the cooked pork thinly and chop it with the roasted pineapple.
Pile into warm doubled corn tortillas and top with onion, cilantro and a squeeze of lime.
💡 Tips
- The chili-achiote adobo and a long marinade are what make it taste right.
- A hot oven with the meat stacked mimics the spit's caramelized edges.
- Warm the tortillas properly — cold tortillas ruin a good taco.
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