Easy Al Pastor Tacos

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My easy al pastor tacos recipe is a cheat method to getting quick and easy al pastor tacos for lunch or dinner.

Prep Time15

Cook Time10

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Mexican

Keyword: easy al pastor tacos, ground pork, homemade tacos, mexican food, taco tuesday, tacos, al pastor recipe, grillin with dad recipes, grilling with dad recipes.

Servings: People

Author: Maciek Zurawski

Ingredients

1 lbs Ground pork
8 Corn tortillas
1/4 cup Diced pineapple

Adobo Sauce Ingredients

15 Dried guajillo chilies
3 Dried arbol chilies
3 Dried chipotle chilies
1 Bay leaf
1 Cinnamon stick
6 Garlic cloves
1 tsp Dried oregano
1/2 White onion
2 cup Water
3 Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
6 oz Can of pineapple juice
2 tbsp Achiote paste
2 tbsp Apple cider vinegar
1 tbsp Dad's all purpose rub

Instructions

Remove the stems and seeds from the dried chilies.
Place the chilies in a sauce pan with the garlic, onion, bay leaf, cinnamon stick, oregano and cover with water. Bring the water to a simmer and cook for 15-20 minutes until the chilies are soft.
Transfer the chilies and veggies from the water to a blender. Throw out the bay leaf and cinnamon stick and save about 1 cup of the water.
To the blender, add achiote paste, pineapple juice, chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, Dad's all purpose rub, apple cider vinegar and 1 cup of water from the chilies. Blend everything together until smooth.
Preheat the griddle to a medium high heat and place the block of ground pork on the hot flat top. Leave it on for 1-2 minutes to help build a crust. Start breaking it apart to cook through.
Reduce the heat to low and pour enough adobo sauce over pork to coat it evenly. Add the diced pineapple, cover and let everything cook for 5-10 minutes.
Warm up the corn tortillas on the griddle and assemble the tacos with the cooked pork and garnish with chopped white onion and cilantro. Serve and enjoy!

Notes

For fast and easy al pastor tacos, use ground pork.

Canned pineapple is a great way to guarantee soft and sweet pineapple chunks and juice.

If you are not a fan of corn tortillas, swap them for the street flour ones. They are the single serve size.

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