INGREDIENTS
- 2 kg of pork (solid and rib)
- 3 garlic heads, peeled
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 teaspoon of pepper
- 1/2 tablespoon of cumin
- 3 cloves
- 10 arbol chili peppers
- 4 tablespoons oregano
- 1 annatto bar
- 1 cup of orange juice
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 roasted banana leaves
- 2 red onions finely sliced
- 2 habanero peppers roasted and chopped
- 1 cup of sour orange juice
- Salt to taste
INSTRUCTIONS
- To make the marinade: mix all the ingredients, put them in a bowl and reserve (it is better to prepare it a day before).
- Roast half of the garlic, cinnamon, peppers, cumin, cloves, chilies, and oregano.
- Blend the above with the other half of the garlic, the orange juice, the oil and the achiote until they are integrated.
- Spread the meat with this mixture (it should be well covered) and wrap it in the banana leaves.
- Cover this package with aluminum foil and let it sit overnight in the bottom of the refrigerator.
- Cook meat in pressure cooker for 45 minutes after steam escapes or until tender; let cool and crumble.
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3 IMPORTANT THINGS THAT EVERY LOVER OF COCHINITA PIBIL HAS TO KNOW
- This dish is originally from the state of Yucatán. Its key ingredients are pork and achiote.
- It arises in pre-Hispanic times where it used to be cooked on November 2 during the meal of the souls or “Hanal Pixan”.
- Before colonial times, venison, peccary, pheasant or wild turkey meat was used to prepare cochinita pibil.
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