{"id":10719,"date":"2016-04-12T16:23:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T16:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=10719"},"modified":"2022-02-09T17:17:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T00:17:45","slug":"al-pastor-pork-loin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/al-pastor-pork-loin\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Pastor Pork Loin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tenderloin.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10720\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright aiif10720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tenderloin.jpg\" alt=\"tenderloin\" width=\"252\" height=\"111\"><\/a>INGREDIENTS<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pork tenderloin strip or pork shoulder<\/li>\n<li>1 C minced pineapple &#8211; diced and charred<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 C onions &#8211; diced and charred<\/li>\n<li>1 TBL achiote paste (or substitute cumin and cayenne)<\/li>\n<li>1 TBL chipotle or adobo paste<\/li>\n<li>1 TBL <\/li>\n<li>2 C pineapple juice (alt orange juice)<\/li>\n<li>2 cloves garlic<\/li>\n<li>scant clove, ground bay laurel, garlic, sage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>STEP BY STEP<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Bring tenderloin up to room temperature (about 45 minutes)<\/li>\n<li>Dice and char onions and pineapple<\/li>\n<li>Add all other ingredients in a mixing bowl and add the charred vegetables<\/li>\n<li>Marinate the tenderloin for about 90 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Cook over very high heat (400-500\u00ba) for about 5 minutes per side<\/li>\n<li>Let rest 10 minutes before cutting into medallions and serving<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>ALTERNATIVES<\/p>\n<p>You can braise a lesser cut of pork in the same liquid.<br \/>\nBake at 275\u00ba for 3-4 hours<br \/>\nLet cool, then shred the meat<br \/>\nLet shredded meat marinate in the remaining liquid for another 30 minutes, then use for tacos or burritos.<\/p>\n<p>Ideally, sear the meat a second time in cast iron before serving<\/p>\n<p>Use spider strainers to create taco bowls &#8211; one inside, one outside<br \/>\nCook in 4 inches of oil<br \/>\nLet cool before removing<br \/>\nSprinkle with salt<\/p>\n<p>Great with pickled red onion , radishes or queso fresco.<br \/>\nServe also with ranch dressing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INGREDIENTS Pork tenderloin strip or pork shoulder 1 C minced pineapple &#8211; diced and charred 1\/4 C onions &#8211; diced and charred 1 TBL achiote paste (or substitute cumin and cayenne) 1 TBL chipotle or adobo paste 1 TBL 2 C pineapple juice (alt orange juice) 2 cloves garlic scant clove, ground bay laurel, garlic, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/al-pastor-pork-loin\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Al Pastor Pork Loin&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grandpas-private-collection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10719"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22114,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10719\/revisions\/22114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}