Tacos al Vapor (Cooking con Claudia, YT)

 Ingredients:makes 15-20 tacos 

• 1 lb Precooked carnitas
• 10 oz chicharrón 
• Corn tortillas Im using mission yellow corn

Chile infused oil-

• 1 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 5 New Mexico or guajillo Chile pods
• 2 dried habanero peppers (optional)
• 10-12 chile arbol
• 1/4 onion
• 5 garlic cloves
• 5 whole cloves (clavos de olor)
• 1/2 tsp whole peppercorn
• 1 tsp salt

Salsa-

• 3 roma tomatoes
• Chile serrano I used 6
• 1 New Mexico or guajillo Chile pod
• 1-7 chile arbol
• 1/4 onion
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp ground black pepper

Chili Oil Directions:

1. On low heat, toast Onion Garlic, Guajillo, and 10-12 Chile Arbol, 5 sec
2. Add whole cloves and peppercorn
3. Add 1 cup of Vegetable oil
4. after 20 mins transfer to blender, add salt, and blend
5. Strain in a fine mesh strainer to retain oil.

Filling:

1. Roast 3 tomatos, Seranos 1/4 onion and 1 garlic clove
2. transfer to blender
3. Roast Guajillo and Chile Arbol
4. Transfer to blendr
5. Add 3/4 water, Salt and pepper and blend
6. In large pan, heat up oil with 1/2 onion
7. add Carnitas and break it down
8. after 5 mins add the salsa to the meat
9. add 1/2 cup water to blender to get remaining salsa
10. mix, taste and add salt if needed
11. add chicharron and reduce heat to med-low

Assemble

1. Prep Steamer Pot with water and top
2. Heat a pan on med-low heat
3. Dip tortilla in chili oil and cook in pan until blistering
4. add Carnitas filling, close and stack inside of steamer pot
5. use left over oil to fry red onion with salt and put them into the steamer pot on top of the tacos
6. steam for 15-20 mins on med-low heat