"You simply must try my pork. It's...the WORLD." (puerco pibil recipe)

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

This reciped CAME FROM ROBERT RODRIGEZ...so put yourself right in the middle of "Once Upon A Time In Mexico" and enjoy.

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http://redvelvetcafe.com/pork/puerco_pibil.php

Puerco Pibil
How could you watch the special features of Robert Rodriguez's Once Upon a Time in Mexico without wanting to make the Puerco Pibil? Be warned – because I had left my coffee grinder at work, I tried every other way I could think of to grind those annato seeds. The blender, the food processor, the mini-blender, the meat mallet, all failed. The ONLY thing that works is a coffee grinder. Unless you like having red smears on your face, in your hair, and all over the kitchen, don't try this unless you have one.

Recipe from Robert Rodriguez.

Ingredients:

5 Tbs. annato seeds
2 Tbs. salt
1 Tbs. peppercorns
8 whole allspice
2 tsp. cumin
1/2 tsp. whole cloves
8 garlic cloves, minced
2 habañeros (deveined, seeds removed)
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup white vinegar
juice of 5 lemons
splash of tequila
5 lb. pork butt, cut into 2" cubes
1 lb. banana leaves

Prep. time: 15 minutes
Marinate time: overnight
Cook time: 4 hours
Yield: 8 servings

Combine all whole spices in a coffee grinder or spice mill. Grind them well, to a fine powder.

In a blender or food processor, combine spice powder, garlic, habañeros, orange juice, vinegar, lemon juice, and tequila.

Place the pork in a large ziplock bag and add the marinade; shake well. Marinate for 12 to 24 hours, shaking 2 or 3 times.

Preheat oven to 325º. Line a baking pan with the banana leaves – you will wrap the pork in them, so be sure to overlap them well and leave enough so the edges will overlap, making a tight "package." Dump the pork and marinade into the pan; wrap with banana leaves. Put more leaves on the top. Cover the whole thing with tinfoil and seal the edges so no steam escapes.

Bake for 4 hours or until pork is tender and falling apart.

Serve over a bed of white or Mexican rice. Garnish with a tomato wedge and a fresh jalapeño or serrano pepper.

[giant_robot]

1. Where does one purchase banana leaves?

Can this be done on a grill?

[supernova]

2. Ha! I LOVE that featurette!

:D

"10 Minute Cooking school"

That looks delish. Banana leaves might be found in a Mex or latino grocery.