Pork and Nopales: The Perfect Tacos de Guisado

Rick Bayless
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Published 2024-04-12
If you've never used nopales before, this is a great entry-level dish! If the nopales you buy aren’t cleaned (at some Mexican groceries, you’ll find them cleaned and cut into small pieces), clean them one by one: Holding a paddle with a pair of tongs, trim off the edge that outlines the paddle, including the blunt end where the paddle was severed from the plant, then slice or scrape off all the spiny nodes from both sides. Cut the paddles into ½-inch squares or into ¼-inch strips (if any are longer than about 2 ½ inches, cut them in half).

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00:00 Rick's Intro to Tacos de Guisado
01:17 Cutting and Browning the Pork
01:50 Prepping the Nopales
04:34 Cooking the Nopales and Chiles
08:46 Blending and Seasoning the Chiles
10:35 Cooking Down the Chile Puree
12:49 Adding the Pork
13:43 Adding the Nopales
15:02 Building the Taco
All Comments (21)
  • @jamesyoungquist6923
    I need to stop watching these videos right before dinner... This recipe looks incredible and making me wish i had the ingredients and time right now to make it!
  • @Bojoschannel
    Pro tip for cooking nopales: if you're boiling them, add a couple of tomatillo husks in the water and cook for 10-15 minutes depending on size. Once drained and rinsed there'll be none slime left. Alternatively you can also use a little baking soda (which will also preserve the color better), but it will bubble up a lot and may cause spilling, plus the cooking is sometimes weird with it, uneven. Also, if you are daring to taste nopales in a totally different way, just cut them into either strips or squares and add a lot of sea salt on them, let cure for 15 minutes approximately, rinse the salt and you got raw nopales ready to eat with almost no slime left. If you don't like nopales, then this versiom could probably change your mind
  • @toddstropicals
    Rick inspired me to actually plant nopales in my yard, we love them!
  • @pmfg875
    I’ve got nopales ready to be picked, thanks so much!
  • @nlboyajian
    Must say, great job cutting a short from this, as a draw for the longer video. Was the perfect balance of feelings of like a complete scene, while sparking interest for the longer form.
  • @GreenWitch1
    You guys really love lamps 😂 Ive never seen so many in one room. I counted 16 in one video.
  • @Daphammer
    One of the best dishes ever!! Can't wait to give this recipe a try.
  • @oldschoolfunkster1
    My stomach literally started growling as soon as Rick nentioned what he was cooking. 😒Thanks Rick.
  • @CarlosTorres-jo7xs
    Awesome 😎 tasty food to eat, and to share with family,and friends, thank you Rick.
  • @rammstein909
    Without a doubt the best way to eat nopales. Or just simply in chile rojo