Topic: Puerco Pibil Recipe
josh3110's photo
Tue 11/13/07 12:33 AM
My brother and I made this When I saw it on the DVD extras from the movie "Once upon a time in mexico" and it's my favorite dish now, I don't get to eat it too often but boy when you taste it if you did it just right it melts in your mouth it is soooooo good!

Ingredients
5 pounds pork butt, cut into 2 inch cubes
5 tablespoons annato seeds
2 teaspoons cumin seeds
1 tablespoon whole black pepper
1/2 teaspoon whole cloves
8 whole allspice berries
2 habanero Peppers, fresh or dried, cleaned and minced (optional)
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup white vinegar
8 garlic cloves
2 tablespoons salt
5 lemons
1 shot of tequila
banana leaves (optional)
Preparation Instructions
Grind the annato seeds, cumin seeds, whole peppercorns, whole cloves, and whole allspice in a mortar and pestle, molcajete y tejolote, spice grinder or coffe grinder.

Blend the cleaned and chopped habanero peppers with the orange juice, vinegar, garlic and salt.

Mix the dry spices with the liquid.

Add the juice of 5 lemons and a nice splash of tequila.

Place the cubed pork butt in a large zip lock bag and add the marinade. Soak 4-6 hours, in refrigerator, turning several times.

Line (8x13) baking pan with banana leaves. Pour in pork along with the marinade. Cover with Banana leaves and seal the pan with foil. Bake in a 325 F degree oven for 4 hours.

Queene123's photo
Tue 11/13/07 12:52 AM
sounds YUMMY

josh3110's photo
Tue 11/13/07 12:55 AM
It is YUMMY! LOLbigsmile

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Tue 11/13/07 01:29 AM
careful...johnny depp might come by and shoot u...

josh3110's photo
Tue 11/13/07 12:55 PM
yeah but maybe then he could sign an autograph and only if I made it too good? LOL bigsmile