Adobe-Roasted Pork Tacos with Pickled Onions

Slow roasted pork tacos are delicious. Usually it's a dish I wait to try at a local taco joint but I finally ventured and created my own. It took a lot of time and lot of love but it was worth it. The recipes below show you how to recreate my masterpiece complete with pickled onions and fork-tender pork.


Adobe Roasted Pork Tacos with Pickled Onions
Serves 6


1 Lg Pork Shoulder roast
1 12 oz. jar of Adobe Paste
3 Tbl. of Salt
Pickled Onions (recipe below)
Corn tortillas
Queso Fresco


- Warm adobe paste in the microwave for 30 seconds until it is somewhat runny
- Rub the paste all over the pork roast
- Sprinkle the salt all over the roast
- Place paste-covered roast in a large bowl and cover with plastic wrap
- Allow roast to marinate for several hours or overnight

To cook:
- Preheat oven to 385 degrees
- Place roast in a baking dish and cover with aluminum foil
- Bake roast for 3 hours until roast becomes fork tender
- Shred pork apart and serve atop warm corn tortillas and top with pickled onions (recipe below) and crumbled queso fresco


Pickled Onions
Serves 6


2 medium Purple Onions, thinly sliced
1/2 bunch of Cilantro, chopped
1/3 C. of Vinegar, preferably apple cider vinegar
1/3 C. of Sugar
1 tsp. of Salt
1 tsp. of Garlic, crushed


- In a small bowl, whisk together all ingredients except the onions and cilantro
- Add onions and cilantro and make sure they are submerged in the liquid
- Refrigerate overnight
- Serve atop roasted pork tacos