TACOS AL PASTOR AT HOME | Grilled Mexican-style pork tacos | The Taco Series pt 2

Tacos al pastor is one of the most delicious tacos period. It's a Mexican-style street food staple and one that doesn't seem very easy to make at home. A LOT of marinated meat and pineapple on a huge vertical rotisserie, shaved to order. We've tried many different methods of making tacos al pastor at home to try to get it just right, from the slow cooker, to the oven, to the grill, and i think we've found the BEST way to recreate tacos al pastor at home. Check out this video to see the process and let us know what you think!

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FOR THE PORK- 3-3.5 LB PORK SHOULDER ROAST

MARINADE

3 GUAJILLO CHILES
2 ANCHO CHILES or 2 TBPS CHILE POWDER for both dried chiles

1 CUP CHOPPED PINEAPPLE
40g 2 TBPS EVOO
80g or 1/4C. WHITE VINEGAR
80g or 1/4C. WATER
10g or 2 tsp. SALT
4 GARLIC CLOVES
5g or 1 TSP CUMIN
1 CHIPTOLE IN ADOBO
25g or 2 TBPS SUGAR
6g or 1 TBSP ANNATTO SEED

FOR THE SALSA

1/4 RED ONION
4 GARLIC CLOVES
5-6 GUAJILLO CHILE SEEDED
1- ANCHO CHILE
7-8 CHILE DE ARBOL
1 TSP SALT
2 CUP WATER
1 TBPS WHITE DISTILLED VINEGAR

FOR THE ASSEMBLED TACOS + GARNISH

NICE CORN TORTILLAS
CHOPPED RED ONION
CILANTRO

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[narwhal]

Love this guys recipes! And he said, "peeqwant" cute.

[normadew]

I’m Mexican, grew up in Mexico City, now I live in DC and miss tacos al pastor so much!, this is the best recipe I’ve seen, too bad I don’t have a grill….I’ll be traveling soon and have tacos al pastor! My brother makes your sourdough bread at least once a week. Love your channel.

[KevboNice]

This recipe is on point, my buddy made a batch following this and it was SO GOOD.

[andrearc]

There is something beautiful and magical about tacos. Al pastor is my absolute favorite. I'll definitely try this recipe.

[fabiolabigham]

Que ricos los tacos del pastor, uno de mis favoritos Gracias por compartir esta receta de mi MEXICO!!!

[geoffmoody]

I live in Orange California, CA. Let me say right off that I want to leave the state as soon as I can so the trolls don’t need to tell me how much CA has been ruined over the past few decades. I will just respond that we have the best weather in the world and I agree with what you say about how special Al pastor is. I can literally get it from a restaurant so authentic that I need to order in Spanish or from a corner taco cart that I also need to order in en español with homemade tortillas from literally at least 20 places within 10 minutes from my house. 30-40 places is more realistic. Keep up the love for Al pastor. I just watched your chicken Al pastor video this am and will be trying your recipe this weekend. Much love

[christendekock]

My favourite to watch. I love it when he says “ hey Bri…” he didn’t in this vid but then end music when putting the tacos together made up for it

[AmeagleWard]

Quickly becoming one of my favorite youtube food content creators, not sure how i've only recently stumbled onto your videos.

[KenHollowayshow]

I love tacos al pastor and this looks like a fantastic recipe. In other words, a home recipe that won't disappoint. Looks like you nailed it. This al pastor would also work great for burritos and tortas. Muchos gracias senor Bri.

[anitas]

Al pastor is my favorite and these look incredible! Thanks I will try this!

[DrLumpy]

"I've had many failures at this" defines a good learner. If we keep asking ourselves "What don't I know?" we will learn. Seek that which you don't know.

So I suggest the lesson here is more about the process of "Figuring out how to make this" rather than "OK here's the step by step recipe". Instead of simply learning a recipe for Al Pastor, we get to learn the process of how to create whatever it is we want.

Thanks teacher chef, for teaching us how to teach ourselves...🙂

[roonerspism]

This looks like a pretty great way of doing it to me - I also really wanted to find a reasonable way to do it at home so I came up with my own method cuz my only grill is a gas grill that kinda sucks. There's a Latin grocery store near me that sells pre-diced al pastor marinated pork (onions and pineapple included) - which is easy mode for me and tastes amazing so I don't generally do my own marinade anymore.
I like to pan fry the marinated pork just long enough to get it close to done, then spread it on an aluminum foil lined baking sheet before broiling it for a few minutes at a time to get some charring, then giving it a little mix in the sheet and putting it back in until the top chars again - repeat til char looks good.
The broiling helps cook down the marinade and mixes well into the rendered fat to make an amazing sheet-pan sauce.

Found your channel recently Brian and really enjoy your content! Keep up the great work.

[Marquito]

I think this is the best Pastor Recipe I ever saw on youtube

[mijlard]

Made them with elote for dinner last tasty, thanks Brian!

[victorpena]

Trompo means top. Like a spinning top, a child's toy because that's kinda what it looks like after you stack the meat up, but also I suspect because it spins in a vertical axis.

[seankim]

Nice. Will definitely try this. Thanks Brian.

[piapadmore]

I love the fearlessness Bri (B-boy😂) has! So confidant!! I will make these for my son’s upcoming birthday this week. I have an amazing pork shoulder from butcher box!! Thank you BL💫💫💫

[punkbunny]

O man I come from Monterrey mexico … where there’s more al pastor taco stands then 711 stores.. and yes there’s a lot of them… and yes when you shave it and put it in the plancha they will become like bacon strips … but Yeah everything here is spot on

Also if you go to Monterey you can also ask them to make them “a la gringa” which means they will put in flour tortilla and a bunch of cheese ..lol

[icknau]

Cooking with dark chile marinade while wearing a white shirt. Respect.

[pamwilde]

OMG!!! We made this last night for the football game. It was AMAZING!! Really, try this recipe. And really simple to make next to all the other recipes I looked at. The marinade is the bomb!!! Thank you Brian for the great recipe but there is a problem...NO leftovers!!! Halftime took care of that, lol. Thanks again, this totally a keeper!!!