Receta Cochinita Pibil

Cochinita pibil or cochinita con achiote is a traditional Mexican dish made out of banana leaf wrapped slow roasted pork marinated in citrus juice seasoned with annatto seeds. It’s one of the Mexican dishes with the Mayan origin, originating in the Yucatán Peninsula this dish was traditionally made with suckling pigs, hence the name Cochinita which means “baby pigs” cooked while buried in a fire Preparing this nowadays does not require a whole suckling pig but a big chunk of pork loin will do, use of Seville or bitter oranges is also the key to get the original flavour as possible but if you can’t find those oranges the normal ones are good enough like the ones I used in our recipe for today. The citric content on the marinade helps in…