Cochinita Pibil

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This turned out great and an awesome alternative to pulled pork for this cut. I used plantains and a little cacao because I wanted some mole style flavors, and they compliment cloves and cinnamon so well while balancing the heat from the chiles. I also didn’t want to do a long oven or bbq roast requiring monitoring so I sous vide for about 20hrs at 160 and finished in the pan to reduce/concentrate the liquids and crisp things up.

2lb pork shoulder
score and season with salt
Add diced pineapple, plantains, serrano chiles, red onion
Cover with achiote paste (recipe below)
wrap in banana leaves
cook


Achiote Paste (mostly unmeasured and adjusted to taste)
3-4 tbsp annatto seeds
Juice and zest of 1 orange
Juice and zest of 1 lemon
8-10 Black peppercorns
4-5 Whole cloves
Cinnamon stick (about 1/2 tsp micro-planed in)
2 cloves garlic
1 tbsp cacao nibs (no sugar)
Mexican oregano
Whole corriander seeds
Whole cumin seeds
Smoked Paprika
White wine vinegar

  • blitz well in Nutribullet
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    20hrs later, unwrapped and liquids reserved
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    Reduce in the pan until there’s no running liquid
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    Taco time
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I’ve made it a few times and love it! I used the Serious Eats recipe with their salsa and pickled onions linked in the main recipe:

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Thanks! I looked at a bunch of recipes and will try the allspice next time. I didn’t have any. Soy is an interesting addition.
I made those pickled onions for the first time a few months ago and they’ve been a regular condiment in the fridge since.
Next time it’ll get cooked on the green egg, though sous vide kept all that moisture in there really well.