Slow Cooker Tacos al Pastor

Finally, tacos al pastor you can try at home: just cook the pork low and slow in a mixture of pineapple, orange juice, achiote, and 3 varieties of chiles.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 7 hr
• Total Time: 7 hr 30 mins
• Calories: 398 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons salt
• ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• ½ cup orange juice
• 2 tablespoons white vinegar
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh oregano
• 20 (6 inch) corn tortillas
• ½ cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 3 cloves garlic, halved
• ½ cup diced fresh pineapple
• 1 tablespoon canola oil, or more as needed
• 1 small white onion, quartered
• 2 tablespoons achiote powder
• ½ teaspoon ground ancho chile powder
• 1 teaspoon lime zest, or to taste
• ⅔ large pineapple - peeled, cored, and chopped into small chunks
• 1 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, or more to taste
• 2 dried guajillo chiles, stemmed and seeded, or more to taste
• 1 dried chile de arbol pepper, stemmed and seeded, or more to taste
• 1 (3 pound) boneless pork loin, cubed
• ⅔ white onion, diced

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place pineapple, onion, chipotle peppers plus 1 1/2 teaspoons adobo sauce, guajillo chiles, chile de arbol, garlic, and oregano in a food processor. Blend until smooth. Transfer to a bowl and add orange juice, vinegar, achiote powder, salt, cumin, lime zest, chile powder, and black pepper. Mix sauce well.

Step 2

Place pork in a slow cooker and cover with the sauce. Cover and cook on Low until pork is very tender, 7 to 9 hours. Begin heating tortillas 35 to 40 minutes before pork is done.

Step 3

Heat oil in a saucepan over high heat. Cook tortillas one at a time until brown spots appear, 30 seconds to 1 minute per side. Plate tortillas in stacks of two for each taco.

Step 4

Shred pork using 2 forks; mix to coat with the sauce. Scoop pork onto tacos using a slotted spoon. Top each with a portion of pineapple, cilantro, and onion.