Tacos Al Pastor

Re:Tacos Al Pastor (PapaJoe8)

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:48:50 GMT

Twin, it's easy but... since I don't have a spit it's just a home version.

I just thin slice the pork, after it has cooked a bit, right in the pot, w/ an electric knife. Then season w/ adobo and whatever else sounds good, and slow cook w/ pineapple added towards the end. I have used cheep pork roast, boneless chops, and even pork tenderloin.

Hey, it's not tha real deal but... not bad.

Hmm, that might sell in N. Dallas? Pork Tenderloin Tacos Al Pastor. :~)
Joe

Re:Tacos Al Pastor (Twinwillow)

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:12:53 GMT

PapaJoe8

Twin, I will try my best to make it there. And, Thanks again!

Till then... how we can make them at home?
Joe

Joe, personally, I wouldn't even attempt it.

Re:Tacos Al Pastor (PapaJoe8)

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:07:01 GMT

Twin, I will try my best to make it there. And, Thanks again!

Till then... how we can make them at home?
Joe

Re:Tacos Al Pastor (Twinwillow)

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:27:41 GMT

Joe, you must try El Tizoncito in Oak Cliff to eat Tacos Al Pastor the same way.

Re:Tacos Al Pastor (PapaJoe8)

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:09:12 GMT

FoodB, nice recipes!

Twin, always great advice from you! And...always better to have someone cook those tacos for you! And... thanks for the great Dallas Tacos Al Pastor tips,
Joe

Re:Tacos Al Pastor (Twinwillow)

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:36:31 GMT

Another "must watch" You Tube video for tacos al pastor lovers.
Note the second place in the video he visits in Mexico City. Very similar to our El Tizoncito in Dallas. Including the pineapple and the condiments cruet.

http://www.youtube.com/wa.h?v=wYvxWSyqZ0E&NR=1

Re:Tacos Al Pastor (Twinwillow)

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:08:39 GMT

Thank God I live in Texas! I couldn't live without my tacos al pastor.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/el-tizoncito-dallas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvor74UQPaA

Re:Tacos Al Pastor (drinkandeat)

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:05:46 GMT

I would find a little Mexican Market with a taqueria in the back. These are the best avenues to find al pastor. Better than restaurants.

Re:Tacos Al Pastor (Foodbme)

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:43:40 GMT

Here's a Recipe From Chef Rick Bayless:
Grilled Pork Tacos, Pastor Style
Tacos al Pastor
Makes enough for 20 tacos, serving 4 to 5 as a main dish
Recipe from Season 7 of Mexico - One Plate at a Time

Ingredients
A 3 1/2-ounce package achiote paste
3 canned chipotle chiles en adobo, plus 4 tablespoons of the canning sauce
1/4 cup vegetable or olive oil, plus a little more for the onion and pineapple
1 1/2 pounds thin-sliced pork shoulder (1/4-inch-thick slices are ideal—the kind Mexican butchers sell for making tacos al pastor)
1 medium red onion, sliced 1/4- inch thick
Salt
1/4 of a medium pineapple, sliced 1/4-inch-thick rounds
20 warm corn tortillas
About 1 1/2 cups raw tomatillo salsa

Directions
1. Marinate the meat. In a blender, combine the achiote paste, chiles, canning sauce, oil and 3/4 cup water. Blend until smooth. Use 1/3 of the marinade to smear over both sides of each piece of meat (refrigerate the rest of the marinade to use on other meat or fish). Cover and refrigerate for at least an hour.
2. Grill and serve. Light a charcoal fire and let the coals burn until covered with gray ash but still very hot; bank the coals to one side and set the grill grate in place. Or, heat one side of a gas grill to high. Brush both sides of the onions slices with oil and sprinkle with salt. Lay in a single layer on the hot side of the grill. When richly browned, usually just about a minute, flip and brown the other side; move to the cool side of the grill to finish softening to grilled-onion sweetness. Oil and grill the pineapple in the same way. Finally, in batches, grill the meat: it’ll take about a minute per side as well. As the meat is done, transfer it to a cutting board and chop it up (between 1/4- and 1/2-inch pieces). Scoop into a skillet and set over the grill to keep the meat warm. Chop the onion and pineapple into small pieces as well, add them to the skillet and toss everything together. Taste and season with salt, usually about 1/2 teaspoon. Serve with the tortillas and salsa for your guests to make soft tacos.

Re:Tacos Al Pastor (PapaJoe8)

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:23:35 GMT

Susan, many times they put a bit of the pineapple, from the spit, on the taco. Well, maybe I just always ask them to?

Real Tacos Al Pastor must have pineapple involved somehow though. At least I think so.

When I cook this at home I just slow cook a thin sliced pork roast, with adobe and whatever other seasonings sound good, and add pineapple towards the end of cooking. I use enough pineapple so that everyone gets some on their taco.

Pork and pineapple just go good together. Again, at least I think so. :~)
Joe

Re:Tacos Al Pastor (susanll)

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:36:54 GMT

HollyDolly

The tacos al pastor i've had around here in Schertz and San Antonio, don't have pineapple on them. That's something I have never heard of before.

The tacos themselves don't have pineapple on them. The meat, on the spit, has pineapple on it while roasting.

Re:Tacos Al Pastor (HollyDolly)

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:27:21 GMT

The tacos al pastor i've had around here in Schertz and San Antonio, don't have pineapple on them. That's something I have never heard of before.

Re:Tacos Al Pastor (Gumbo191)

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:06:47 GMT

Taqueria Los Primos - Springdale Arkansas, Thin sliced pork stacked and slow roasted on a vertical spit.

Check out

RE: Tacos Al Pastor (Niagara)

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:01:55 GMT

Armando makes great Tacos Al Pastor at Tacos El Mexicano on California Street here in Topeka - they're on fresh corn torillas with cilantro and a lime wedge to squeeze over them.

RE: Tacos Al Pastor (Pancho)

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:48:05 GMT

Right here in Madison, WI http://www.restaurantelpastor.com/

RE: Tacos Al Pastor (pablo)

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:26:40 GMT

Forgot to give you my email. mahonpoc@indra.com

RE: Tacos Al Pastor (PapaJoe8)

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:00:49 GMT

There is another good thread about Al Pastor tacos here somewhere.

I want to track some down in Las Vegas during my upcoming trip.
Joe

RE: Tacos Al Pastor (zataar)

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:06:04 GMT

Welcome to Roadfood!
Are you talking about El Camino Real in KCK? If so, I don't think you'd be disappointed. Try El Taco Nazo, too. Everything I've had there has been quite good.

RE: Tacos Al Pastor (wolverines1012)

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:21:40 GMT

Jaqueline485

[id=quote font="arial, helvetica"]quote: Originally posted by jerkylerky
El Pueblito, recently referred to as #1 Mexican restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri, has authentic t

Couldnt agree less. Totally off the chart. You can PM if you want, I will try to explain better...

I agree with Jaqueline, I was looking to have some great tacos al pastor (after having them at Santi's when I lived in Charleston, SC) and was quite disappointed by their version. I can't speak for the rest of their food, but I, personally was not a fan of their tacos al pastor. I hear El Camino Real is where it's at, but I have yet to try them.

RE: Tacos Al Pastor (enginecapt)

Sat, 17 Dec 2005 15:52:27 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by BT
Al pastor itself just means marinated pork, I believe.

It means shepard style. I've always wondered where the Mexican shepards got the pineapple.

RE: Tacos Al Pastor (Ort. Carlton.)

Thu, 15 Dec 2005 17:26:59 GMT

Dearfolk,
Tacos al Pastor? Gee, that really DOES sound like something a minister would enjoy! (Or any of the flock, for that matter.)
Wishing For Nachos Myself, Ort. Carlton in Almost Freezing Athens, Georgia.

RE: Tacos Al Pastor (BuddyRoadhouse)

Thu, 15 Dec 2005 15:43:56 GMT

Most places I've been to serve their tacos in some sort of receptacle to keep them warm and moist. Can't recall seeing any black stone cauldron used for that purpose, though. I assume you are referring to the cauldron type utensils used for making guacamole, salsas and grinding spices.

RE: Tacos Al Pastor (Jaqueline485)

Thu, 15 Dec 2005 04:24:18 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by jerkylerky
El Pueblito, recently referred to as #1 Mexican restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri, has authentic t

Couldnt agree less. Totally off the chart. You can PM if you want, I will try to explain better...

RE: Tacos Al Pastor (NYNM)

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 19:58:33 GMT

A fun place for Tacos AL Pastor is the Coyote Cafe Roof Garden next to the famed Mark Miller's Coyote Cafe in Santa fe. More reasonable price. Eat outdoors under umbrellas at sunset, see the swinging cpwbot sculptures and watch the Santa Fe crowd below.

The tacos are served in a black stone cauldron-type bowl. Is this traditional or a Santa Fe thing?

RE: Tacos Al Pastor (BuddyRoadhouse)

Mon, 14 Nov 2005 20:45:38 GMT

Not trying to make you jealous rextaboogy but, it's hard to find a place in Chicago that DOESN'T serve tacos al pastor! In fact you can get burritos, enchiladas, tostadas, tortas, you name it, al pastor. Come on up our way and make your mouth happy.

RE: Tacos Al Pastor (cyrano)

Mon, 14 Nov 2005 11:10:08 GMT

I don't remember for certain, but Casa Grande here in Columbia MO very likely serves them on weekends when they have their more ethnic Mexmex menu.

RE: Tacos Al Pastor (MilwFoodlovers)

Sun, 13 Nov 2005 11:46:47 GMT

Tres Hermanos in Milwaukee are my favorite but no pineapple there

RE: Tacos Al Pastor (jerkylerky)

Sun, 13 Nov 2005 00:19:43 GMT

El Pueblito, recently referred to as #1 Mexican restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri, has authentic tacos el Pastor.

RE: Tacos Al Pastor (plantdetective)

Thu, 26 May 2005 17:43:54 GMT

There is a great little spot in Tulsa, OK called Cancun, They make a great pastor burrito. A nice, spicy pork with rice and beans for about 6 bucks, this is a large burrito that is wonderful. Cancun is at 8th and Lewis I think. my favorite place to eat in Tulsa, we eat there when we leave the Rio Grande Valley and visit family.

Paul

RE: Tacos Al Pastor (Jim Ross)

Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:18:09 GMT

I used to eat taco's Al Pastor regularly in little taquerias on 26th street in Chicago. Unfortunately the only name I can remember is one in Westmont Illinois, The "Taco Express and Salsa Bar" on Ogden Avenue. I remember them all as very good.