Amazing Tacos al Pastor
In this recipe, we will prepare Tacos Al Pastor by doing a fantastic sauce with Achiote, where we will marinate the pork meat. We will be able to prepare some amazing tacos that will melt in your mouth!
Ingredients
- 1 pineapple
- 500 g of pork meat
The marinade
- 5 cloves of garlic
- ½ tablespoon of salt
- ½ tablespoon of black whole pepper
- ½ tablespoon of cumin
- 1 tablespoon of oregano
- 4 cloves
- 50 g of Achiote
- ¼ cup of white vinegar
- ½ cup of pineapple juice
- 2 sun dried peppers (ñoras)
- Juice of half lime
- 2 árbol chillies
- 2 morita chillies
- ½ cup of water from the chillies
Instructions
The marinade
- In a pot with boiling water, add the chillies. We have added 2 ñoras, 2 Morita chillies and 2 árbol chillies for getting a rich and spicy flavour profile. Cook them for about 10 minutes and keep the water.
- In a pan, toast half a tablespoon of cumin seeds for about 3 - 4 minutes.
- In a beaker, add the following ingredients: - 5 cloves of garlic - Half tablespoon of toasted cumin. - Half tablespoon of black whole pepper. - Half tablespoon of salt. - 4 cloves. - 1/4 cup of white vinegar. - 1/2 cup of pineapple’s juice. - 1/2 cup of water from the chillies. - The chillies that we cooked before. - Juice of half a lime. - 50g of Achiote.*Be careful with the Achiote. It can create stains!
The meat
- Cut the pork in small dices ( 1inch x 1 inch), and let them rest in a tray or in a glass baking dish.
- Cover the meat with the marinade. And let it rest for about 24 hours if possible.
Cook
- Now we’re trying to simulate the traditional way of cooking pastor with a vertical skewer like a kebab. As you can see in the image, we normally do skewers where we put a bit of meat and a slice of pineapple.
- Then we cook them on a grill. If you don’t have this possibility, using a pan will be fine too.Try to get a charred look in the meat, as if you were doing a barbecue.
- And that's it! You have the Pastor Meat ready to be eaten with some tortillas and a salsa on top.
Notes
- Make sure that the pineapple gets caramelized in the grill, it will acquire an amazing taste.
- Be careful with the Achiote because it can create stains