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+title: Cochinita Pibil
+tags: ['pork', 'mexican', 'yucatecan', 'traditional', 'slow-cooked', 'achiote']
+date: 2025-06-11
+author: "corerat"
+---
+
+**Cochinita pibil** is a traditional Mexican dish from Yucatán, featuring pork marinated in achiote, wrapped in banana leaves, and traditionally cooked in an underground earth oven using a pre-Hispanic technique called *píib*.
+
+- ⏲️ Prep time: 30 min (plus 8+ hours marinating)
+- 🍳 Cook time: 1.5 hours
+- 🍽️ Servings: 8-10
+
+## Ingredients
+
+### For the Pork:
+- 2 banana leaves, flame-softened
+- 3.3 lbs pork shoulder
+- 1.1 lbs pork loin with ribs
+- 7 oz achiote paste (annatto paste, commercial is fine)
+- 1 cup sour orange juice (or ½ cup vinegar + ½ cup regular orange juice)
+- ¼ teaspoon ground cumin
+- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
+- 1 teaspoon white pepper powder
+- ½ teaspoon black pepper powder
+- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
+- 5 allspice berries, coarsely ground
+- 3 garlic cloves, minced
+- ½ teaspoon chile piquín
+- Salt to taste
+- 4.5 oz lard
+
+### For the Accompanying Salsa:
+- 8 radishes, washed and finely chopped
+- 1 small red onion, finely chopped
+- 4 habanero chiles, finely chopped
+- ½ cup finely chopped cilantro
+- 1 cup sour orange juice (or vinegar)
+- Salt to taste
+
+## Directions
+
+1. Line a baking dish with banana leaves, letting them overhang the sides. Place pork on the leaves.
+2. Dissolve achiote paste in sour orange juice and mix in all spices. Coat the pork thoroughly with this marinade.
+3. Marinate in refrigerator for at least 8 hours or overnight.
+4. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Pour melted lard over the marinated pork.
+5. Wrap tightly in banana leaves, cover with aluminum foil, and bake for 1½ hours or until meat is fork-tender and almost falling apart.
+6. For the salsa, mix all ingredients and let rest for at least 3 hours.
+7. Shred the cooked pork and serve wrapped in the same banana leaves, accompanied by the salsa and fresh tortillas.

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