Hard

Slow Cooker Tacos al Pastor

Total Time
1h 26m
32m prep · 54m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Hard
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🌾 Gluten-Free 🥛 Dairy-Free 🥜 Nut-Free

My buddy says it ain't al pastor unless I use a spit. Well, I don't own a spit so there's that. Garnish with lime wedges and crema or sour cream.

Ingredients

  • 0.67 large pineapple - peeled , cored, and chopped into small chunks
  • 1 small white onion , quartered
  • 1 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce , or more to taste
  • 2 drieds guajillo chiles , stemmed and seeded, or more to taste
  • 1 dried chile de arbol pepper , stemmed and seeded, or more to taste
  • 3 cloves garlic , halved
  • 1 tablespoon minced fresh oregano
  • 0.5 cups orange juice
  • 2 tablespoons white vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons achiote powder
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon lime zest , or to taste
  • 0.5 teaspoons ground ancho chile powder
  • 0.25 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 , 3 pound

Instructions

  1. 1

    Place pineapple, onion, chipotle peppers plus 1 1/2 teaspoons adobo sauce, guajillo chiles, chile de arbol, garlic, and oregano in a food processor. Blend until smooth. Transfer to a bowl and add orange juice, vinegar, achiote powder, salt, cumin, lime zest, chile powder, and black pepper. Mix sauce well.

  2. 2

    Place pork in a slow cooker and cover with the sauce. Cover and cook on Low until pork is very tender, 7 to 9 hours. Begin heating tortillas 35 to 40 minutes before pork is done.

  3. 3

    Heat oil in a saucepan over high heat. Cook tortillas one at a time until brown spots appear, 30 seconds to 1 minute per side. Plate tortillas in stacks of two for each taco.

  4. 4

    Shred pork using 2 forks; mix to coat with the sauce. Scoop pork onto tacos using a slotted spoon. Top each with a portion of pineapple, cilantro, and onion.

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