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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Cut the onion in thin, long slices Add the onion and the bay leaf to a small heavy sauce pan and cover with a mixture of 1/2 cup Red Wine Vinegar and 1/2 cup water, just enough to cover the onion. | 2. Boil the onion for 10 minutes or until fully cooked. | 3. Put the onion mix in the refrigerator, it should be served cold. | 4. Cut the pork into 2 inch cubes and marinate with the other 1/2 cup of Red Wine vinegar, the cup of orange juice, the cumin and oregano, and a pinch of salt. | 5. Add a teaspoon of chicken bouillon to 1 cup of water, and dissolve the achiote paste in it. | 6. Add to the meat and marinate and set aside for 3-4 hours. | 7. Set a heavy frying pan with tall sides on the burner over medium-high heat. | 8. Add the pork and marinate mix. | 9. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for about 3-4 hours or until the meat is very soft and pulls apart easily. | 10. Pull apart the meat and cook for a little while longer, add a little water whenever necessary to keep the meat covered. To Serve, heat the tortillas and enjoy. Cochinita Pibil is served on a plate where everyone makes "tacos" from it. | 11. To each tortilla, add some of the Cochinita, some pickled onions and Habanero sauce. | 12. The tortilla should get a little wet with the Cochinita sauce. | 13. It should not be dry. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
red onion	1			-	-	-	-
pork shoulder	2	lbs	boneless	1151.4693	0.0	204.3631	30.8267
achiote paste	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
bay leaf	2			-	-	-	-
chicken bouillon powder	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cumin seed	1/4	teaspoon		1.9688	0.2323	0.0935	0.1169
oregano	1/4	teaspoon		0.6625	0.1723	0.0225	0.0107
salt				-	-	-	-
habanero sauce				-	-	-	-
corn tortilla				-	-	-	-
red wine vinegar	1	cup		45.41	0.6453	0.0956	0.0
orange juice	1	cup		111.6	25.791999999999998	1.736	0.496
water	1 1/2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.