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Easy Cochinita Pibil

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Easy Cochinita Pibil

Yucatan-style pork that needs real patience — marinated in achiote and citrus for hours, then roasted low and slow for 3-4 hours until it shreds apart on its own.

Total time
240 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
220 min
Difficulty
hard
Cuisine
Mexican
gluten-freehigh-protein

Ingredients

1.5kgpork shoulder
1/2 cupachiote paste
1 cuporange and lime juice

Instructions

1

Marinate pork in achiote paste and citrus juice for at least 4 hours.

2

Wrap the marinated pork tightly in banana leaf or foil.

3

Roast at 150C for 3-4 hours until fall-apart tender.

4

Shred and serve in tortillas with pickled red onion.

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