Home-style tacos al pastor (chile and pineapple pork tacos) are a favorite in Mexico and Mexican restaurants throughout the world for good reason: The mixture of smoky, spicy chiles, sweet pineapples, fresh onions, and cilantro is taco perfection. Tacos al pastor are typcially made by marinating pork in chile sauce, layering the meat on a vertical rotisserie, adorning it with a pineapple, and roasting it slowly for hours — a process that's almost impossible to replicate at home. So we've taken the delicious, authentic flavors that make these tacos so special and adapted the recipe for your home kitchen so you can enjoy it whenever a craving strikes!
Ingredients
- 5 Goyas guajillo chiles
- 5 Goyas pasilla chiles or Goya ancho chiles
- 1 can Goya pineapple chunks , 20 ounce
- 1 medium white onion
- 0.25 cups Goya white vinegar
- 2 tablespoons Goya minced garlic
- 1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce
- 1 teaspoon Goya ground cumin
- Goya adobo with pepper , to taste
- 1 2 boneless , skinless pork butt, cut into
- 2 tablespoons Goya vegetable oil
Instructions
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Bring 2 cups water to a boil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add guajillo and pasilla chiles. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer until chiles soften, about 10 minutes. Transfer chiles to a plate; remove and discard stems and seeds. Discard water.
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Meanwhile, strain pineapple; reserve juice and pineapple chunks separately. Coarsely chop ½ onion; slice remaining ½ onion and set aside.
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Combine guajillo chiles, pasilla chiles, pineapple juice, chopped ½ onion, vinegar, garlic, chipotle, and cumin in the bowl of a food processor; purée until smooth, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a saucepan over medium-high heat; bring to a boil. Cook until chile paste loses raw onion taste, about 2 minutes. Season with adobo; cool.
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Combine pork cubes, cooled chile paste, and pineapple chunks in a large glass or ceramic bowl with a lid or in a large resealable plastic bag; toss to coat (cover the bowl or squeeze out excess air and seal the bag). Marinate in the refrigerator 2 to 24 hours.
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Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Remove pork and pineapple from marinade and shake off excess. Discard marinade. Cook pork and pineapple in batches in the skillet until dark golden brown on all sides and cooked through, about 15 minutes; transfer to a large serving plate.
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Serve pork and pineapple in warm tortillas with sliced onion, cilantro, and lime wedges.
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