Cochinita Pibil
I will begin....official entry.....Cochinita Pibil
The Marinade...
6 garlic cloves, juice from 4 blood oranges and 4 limes, 10 cloves, 10 peppercorns, 2 tsp Mexican Oregano, 1 package of Achiote paste, 1 tsp cumin seeds toasted. Blended up.
4 pound of pork butt, trimmed of the large chunks of fat and cubed in 2 inch chunks. All in the bag with the marinade for 7 hours.
In an aluminum pan lined with banana leaves....
all wrapped up...
Into the OTG at around 325, with apple wood for smoke....I foiled after 1 hour..
I missed the pic after I took them off, but here's the plated pic of the meat....
Cilantro and lime rice...
The meat down on the rice....
Avocado and Mexican farmers cheese....and a squeeze of lime...
Delicious...
The bite...
I'm stuffed after 6 of them.....