Pollo al Pastor (Spicy-Sweet Chipotle-Roast Chicken with Onion and Pineapple) | James Beard Foundati

Name: Pollo al Pastor (Spicy-Sweet Chipotle-Roast Chicken with Onion and Pineapple) | James Beard Foundati
Total time: 90 min
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons Recado Rojo ,or achiote paste; 3 garlic cloves, finely grated; 2 canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, finely chopped, plus; 2 tablespoons adobo sauce; 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar; 2½ teaspoons Morton kosher salt (0.7 oz/20 g), divided; 1 tablespoon agave syrup or honey; ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, divided; 1 whole chicken (4 lb/1.8 kg); 1 medium pineapple (2.2 lb/988 g), peeled, quartered, cored, and thinly sliced crosswise; 1 large white onion (14.6 oz/416 g), halved and thinly sliced

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"I was walking the streets in the city of Guanajuato and saw a rosticería that was selling rotisserie pollo al pastor. Al pastor is the meat filling of one of the most iconic tacos in the country....

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Ingredients

2 tablespoons Recado Rojo ,or achiote paste
3 garlic cloves, finely grated
2 canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, finely chopped, plus
2 tablespoons adobo sauce
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
2½ teaspoons Morton kosher salt (0.7 oz/20 g), divided
1 tablespoon agave syrup or honey
¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, divided
1 whole chicken (4 lb/1.8 kg)
1 medium pineapple (2.2 lb/988 g), peeled, quartered, cored, and thinly sliced crosswise
1 large white onion (14.6 oz/416 g), halved and thinly sliced