Description
These tacos are sure to impress your family and friends. A good Taco al Pastor is very hard to come by in the States. Now you can enjoy them in the comfort of your own home anytime!
Ingredients
- 8 dried pasilla chiles, seeded and torn to pieces
- 8 dried guajillo chiles, seeded and torn to pieces
- 8 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 teaspoon achiote powder
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- 5 whole cloves
- 1 cup white vinegar
- salt to taste
- 2 pounds pork tenderloin, thinly sliced
- ½ cup chopped pineapple
- 32 (5 inch) corn tortillas
- 1 small onion, chopped
- ½ cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 4 limes, cut in wedges
Instructions
- Soak pasilla chiles and guajillo chiles in a bowl with hot water until chiles are softened
- about 10 minutes; drain. Mash chiles
- garlic
- achiote powder
- cumin
- and cloves in a saucepan with a fork.
- Pour vinegar into sauce pan and bring to a boil; cook and stir until mixture becomes a thick paste. Season with salt. Rub chile paste over sliced pork
- stacking meat on a plate. Cover and marinate in the refrigerator for 8 hours to overnight.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat; cook and stir marinated pork and pineapple until pork is browned
- 7 to 10 minutes. Divide pork over stacks of two corn tortillas and serve with onion
- cilantro
- and lime wedges.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 8 hrs 50 mins
Servings: 8