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Mexico: One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless
A Tour of Tacos al Pastor
Season 12
Episode 1
A Tour of Tacos al Pastor: Tacos al Pastor are Mexico City's most iconic taco, all red chile-marinated pork roasting slowly on a vertical spit and sliced with glistening pineapple into a warm corn tortilla. Rick offers a glimpse of the bustling city's taco culture, from busy daytime eateries to late-night vendors. Rick makes a version on his grill that will please al pastor purists.
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Rick leads a lesson in red mole making and prepares a herbacious mole verde with fish.
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Meatball torta and traditional versions of albondigas in the old-school Bar Mancera.
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Steak tacos al carbon, bistec tacos a la plancha and stewed tacos de guisado are prepared.
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Los Panchos, a Mexico City institution famous for carnitas, is visited for duck carnitas.
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Rick makes classic green chile enchiladas and red chile shrimp enchiladas.
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Rick demonstrates the tricky business of battering and frying chiles for chiles rellenos.
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Rick explores classic Central-style tamales and at home prepares a sweet corn tamale.
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Rick makes classic ceviche and dials it up with coconut and a little booze.
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Rick explores pozole in Mexico and creates seafood pozole verde.
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Rick prepares a tried-and-true sopa de tortilla and a meal-in-a-bowl lamb-pasilla caldo.
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Mexican hot chocolate features churro nibbles showered atop ice cream.
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Traditional chilaquiles get an elegant touch with fried butternut strips.