Mexican
Tacos al Pastor
Tacos al Pastor is Mexican home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1.5 lb pork shoulder
- 3 tbsp achiote paste
- 1/2 cup pineapple juice
- 2 tbsp white vinegar
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 2 cups fresh pineapple
- 12 corn tortillas
- 1 white onion
- 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
- 2 tbsp neutral oil
- 1 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Blend the achiote paste, pineapple juice, vinegar, garlic, cumin, and salt into a smooth marinade.
- Slice the pork thinly, coat it in the marinade, and let it sit for 30 minutes.
- Heat the oil in a large skillet over high heat and sear the pork in batches until caramelized and cooked through, about 4 minutes per batch.
- Add the diced pineapple to the pan and char it lightly with the pork for 2 minutes.
- Warm the corn tortillas on a dry griddle until pliable.
- Fill the tortillas with pork and pineapple, then finish with diced onion and cilantro.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Tacos al Pastor carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Grains, Meat or fish, and Fruit
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Tacos al Pastor takes about 60 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on pork, pineapple, and tortilla.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
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