- Pork shoulder marinated in achiote paste and sour orange juice
- Banana leaves for wrapping
- Pickled red onion and habanero salsa
- Corn tortillas or telera rolls
Cochinita Pibil
Cochinita pibil, Yucatan's pit-roasted pork. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Cochinita pibil is Yucatan's pit-roasted pork: marinated in achiote and sour orange, wrapped in banana leaves and slow-cooked underground until it falls apart. It is the Sunday dish of the Yucatan, served in tacos or tortas with pickled red onion.
The pib (earth oven) is the ancient Maya cooking method; the Spanish pig and the achiote marinade completed the dish.
Key ingredients
Where to try it
- Merida's market portales on Sunday mornings
- Valladolid's loncherias and the town square
- Any Yucatan town's Sunday market