Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Traditional al pastor gets its tenderness and texture from the way the meat is layered and shaved from the spit. Recreating that ...

If you’ve ever ordered tacos al pastor from a taco truck or a taqueria (in my experience, the more hole-in-the-wall the location, the better), you know how delicious these shaved pork tacos can be.

One of the art forms in taco-making is preparing and cooking al pastor. The traditional way is to marinate pork with a combination of ingredients, including guajillo chiles, achiote paste, garlic, ...