Pibil Pork mexican food

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jbattelle9

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Oct 3, 2012
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[h1]Pibil Pork[/h1]
Pibil pork is the best representative dish from Yucatan, a southern mexican state. This recipe has its origins during pre-columbinian era in where mayan people used to cook in Pibs, holes in the earth covered with stones and firewood.

The recipe is served as main dish, is eaten alone, in tacos, tostadas, gorditas and as stew of other mexican appetizers.


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[h3]Ingredients[/h3]
  • 2.5lb Pork
  • 1/2 cup lard
  • 1/4 cup Annatto paste
  • 11/2 cup Orange juice, sweet
  • 1/2 cup Orange juice, bitter
  • Orange slices
  • 12 squares of Banana leaf
  • 6 squares of Foil
  • Salt to taste
  • Garnish:
  • Onion, diced
  • Corn tortillas
  • Prep time: 40 minutes
  • Cook time: 120 minutes
  • Servings: 6
  • Difficulty: medium
[h3] [/h3][h3]Directions[/h3]
In a skillet heat the lard, add pork and brown it just for one side. In a blender put annatto paste and orange juice, liquify well. Then incorporate the liquid in a bowl, add the pork and let marinate 4-12 hours.

In a banana leaf, add orange slices and then incorporate the pork meat, add sauce in where you marinate pork and wrap well each leaf. Cover with foil with the shiny part inside. Add them in a steamer and cook at low heat for 2 hours.

You could serve in banana leafs or shredd the pork. Once is cooked serve hot, add the garnish and enjoy!
 
Nice job, jbattlle9.

Cochinita, or puerco pibil, along with it's siblings pollo and pavo pibil, are at the top of the list of my favorite dishes. I first encountered them 30+ years ago while traipsing around the Yucutan for a few weeks. In those days every town and village had a master pibil cook, some of whom still buried the dish in the ground. There would occasionally be competitions between the the "Masters" of each village or town.

I do mine a little different than you in that I normally use a 5-7 lb. boneless pork butt that's cut into 2"-3" cubes. Sometimes I smoke the cubes for an hour or so to lay a little smoke flavor on. Rather than using the pre-made achiote or annatto paste, I make my own achiote recado and let the cubes marinade in it overnight. I cook the cubes wrapped in leaves and foil in a large well sealed Dutch oven and serve them with the typical rice, black beans, and habanero pickled red onions.

The left over meat is reheated for 2-3 hours, shredded, and used for the Yucatecan tortillas known as salbutes and panuchos.
 
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Now I have seen this recipe or this dish prepared on the tube in my other addiction travel food shows.
 
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