Tacos El Pastor

[Chris_in_SoCal]

This is for those that like it hot and spicy.

It started with just over 4Lb of pork shoulder.

For the marinade boil a pot of water, take it off the heat and soak 4 California chili pods, 4 Guajillo chili pods and half a white onion for 20 minutes. I cut off the tops and de seeded the pods first.

While that is happening I sliced the pork into 1/4' to 1/2" slices.

7/31 edit: added the garlic

Then into the blender
The chilis
the 1/2 onion
1 Whole bulb of garlic
1 tablespoon smoked paprika
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon pepper
2 tablespoons Mexican Oregano
1.75 Oz Achiote paste
Juice from 1 orange
Juice from 1 lime
1 cup fresh pineapple

Blend it well

Marinate the pork overnight.

I cooked it on the propane vertical rotisserie.

This will make lots of tacos.

Oh yes, I said tacos!

 

[JLeonard]

Oh man that looks great! Wonder if i could get the wifes space heater hot enough to cook like that?

Jim

 

[chp]

Looks amazing. More tacos with the leftovers?

 

[Texas Cookin']

Looks outstanding.

Fred

 

[chilerelleno]

I adore Al pastor, one of my favorites for sure.

 

[Chris_in_SoCal]

Looks amazing. More tacos with the leftovers?

Oh yes, many more. The next ones will include the cooked pineapple.

 

[6GRILLZNTN]

Heck yea man! That looks awesome. Great job!

 

[Chris_in_SoCal]

OK I was still up at 1:30am and was getting very hungry. I made two more tacos and added the cooked pineapple. They just went from a 9.5 to a perfect 10. The combination of the spicy meat with the sweet pineapple took the taste buds to the extreme.

 

[DRKsmoking]

Looks great, and what is not to like,
Hot spicy pork spinning in the heat , then add some sweet pineapple
Now that's a taco

David

 

[Smokin Okie]

That's my fav taco, the vertical rotisserie is interesting. That's true Mexican street al pastor.

 

[gmc2003]

Great job on those takos Chris. They look and sound scrumptious.

Point for sure
Chris

 

[mmelton005]

that looks outstanding!! Any other cooker you could recommended to replicate this on? I don't own a vertical rotisserie I LOVE TACOS!! thanks for sharing

 

[crazymoon]

90B, Wow, looks excellent and I love your vertical cooker !

 

[Brokenhandle]

That's beautiful! And had to taste awesome! Great job!

Ryan

 

[912smoker]

Now that looks great and congrats on the ride! Nice cooker !!

Keith

 

[TKOBBQ1]

Looks like a delicious meal.

 

[Chris_in_SoCal]

that looks outstanding!! Any other cooker you could recommended to replicate this on? I don't own a vertical rotisserie I LOVE TACOS!! thanks for sharing

You can cook it on any BBQ or smoker. The rotisserie just makes it easier since you can slice it from the outside in as it scorches the surface.

 

[chopsaw]

Looks great !

 

[Chris_in_SoCal]

For round three I fired up the smoker to make some corn ribs and tomatillo salsa. The ribs were covered in EVOO, chili powder and pepper then placed in the smoker along with tomatillos, jalapenos and an onion.

Once out of the smoker the ribs were painted with sriracha mayo, feta cheese and cilantro.

Third time was the charm. The fourth might be even better.

 

[tx smoker]

OMG Chris!! I know I'm late to the game but these look and sound outstanding!! As much as we love Mexican themed food around here, I can certainly see this getting done. Thanks for sharing.

Robert