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Cochinita Pibil Pork Recipe Mayan Style

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The Best Pork Recipe I Have Ever Eaten

One of my favorite NatGeo-style adventures was visiting Akumal, Mexico to learn how to bury a pig Mayan style and roast it slowly underground to prepare Cochinita Pibil. If you are able to try something this adventurous and wonderful in your part of the world for a family – or neighborhood – dinner adventure, I highly recommend it. Without a doubt, this was the most delicious pork recipe I have EVER eaten.

 
Shawna Coronado in Akumal, Mexico learning how to cook a pig by burying it underground.

If you like, you can bury the pork like we have done in the video or you can prepare it in the oven using the recipe below. It’s not the precise recipe made in the video, but close. Be sure to remember this recipe needs to be marinated overnight, so must be made ahead of time.

Cochinita Pibil is traditionally served with corn or flour tortillas warmed over the stove, and salsa – onion salsa is a particularly wonderful topping. Confession: I am drooling just thinking about this recipe. YUM!

Eating pork tacos in Akumal, Mexico with Chef Carlos and Shawna Coronado.

HOW TO MAKE COCHINITA PIBIL (THE BEST DARNED PORK EVER)

Ingredients:

  • Boneless Lean Pork – 4 pounds
  • Achiote Paste – 3 oz (you can find this at a Mexican grocery store)
  • Lime Juice – 1/2 Cup
  • Orange Juice – 3/4 Cup
  • Salt – 2 heaping teaspoons
  • Two large banana leaves or a large baking dish that you can cover.

Preparations:

  1. Stir the achiote paste, juices, and salt together in a large bowl.
  2. Cut the meat into bite sized pieces, mix it with the achiote mixture and set it in the refrigerator overnight to marinade.
  3. Preheat the over to 325 F.
  4. Hold the banana leaves directly over the flame on the stove until they soften, but do not burn. Line a large baking dish with the leaves.
  5. Place the pork and all the marinade inside the dish on top of the leaves. Cover with a lid or with foil.
  6. Bake for two hours. The meat should be tender and falling apart – if it is not, then bake for another 30 minutes.

Enjoy the buried pork recipe – perhaps Cochinita Pibil – pork Mayan style – will be a new family tradition?

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