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Al pastor pork Recipe

 ·  ☕ 3 min read  ·  ✍️ Samuel Holt

Al pastor pork
Al pastor pork

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, al pastor pork. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Al pastor (from Spanish, shepherd style), also known as tacos al pastor, is a taco made with spit-grilled pork. Cooking method is based on the lamb shawarma brought by Lebanese immigrants to Mexico, al pastor features a flavor palate that uses traditional Mexican marinade adobada. Mexican-style Pork Tacos (Tacos Al Pastor). Al Pastor is one of my favorite tacos, and it is all about the marinade.

Al pastor pork is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Al pastor pork is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook al pastor pork using 5 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Al pastor pork:
  1. Prepare 2 tbsp Salt
  2. Prepare 2/3 cup Pineapple chunks
  3. Take 3/4 cup Achiote paste
  4. Make ready 1/4 cup Granulated garlic
  5. Take 7 lb Pork butt

Al pastor is the result of some beautiful cultural collision; Lebanese immigrants came to Mexico and shared their roasting-meat-on-a-spit ways. Normally, al pastor is made with boneless pork shoulder sliced super, super thin. If you are lucky enough to live near a Mexican meat market, you can probably find it right at the meat counter. I’m sharing four ways to make this pork taco recipe.

Instructions to make Al pastor pork:
  1. Puree salt pineapple achiote & garlic in blender. Add up to 1/4 cup water if needed
  2. Slice & dice pork & put in fridge for 24hrs
  3. B4 colin pork rub puree into meat. Cook meat in skillet throughly & browned - 6 to 10mins
  4. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

If you are lucky enough to live near a Mexican meat market, you can probably find it right at the meat counter. I’m sharing four ways to make this pork taco recipe. For my Tacos Al Pastor I cut the pork into chunks then marinate them overnight in pineapple juice. How is al pastor different from carnitas, chorizo, pollo, pescado and other common taco toppings? For starters, by the way it’s cooked: the pork is first marinated with various spices (including achiote.

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