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We are here in Akumal, Mexico at the Lol-Ha Restaurant
Making Cochinita Pibil.
Which is really, really yummy pork.
And it’s done in a pit.
And what’s so wonderful about that,
Is that the slow roasting that happens when you cook over a flame in the pit,
Makes the pork super tender and juicy.
And this is really a Mayan tradition that is here from the region.
And you can see when you look in the pit,
Right here.
That they fill it with wood.
Put the pork in,
And then cover it with stone.
And then it cooks all day long.
How fun is this?
I can’t wait to eat the results.
The pit is prepared with wood that burns down to hot coals.
Meanwhile, we go marinate the meat and get it ready to cook.
So here we have the pig!
Oink!
It is so good!
Antonio Bay, our chef, is soaking the pork in achiote marinade.
You can see that it has a beautiful red color.
It’s gorgeous.
It actually smells good.
The herbs and spices smell delicioso.
All full?
Yes.
You pour the sauce over the top.
Achiote is a combination of herbs and spices that are unique to the region.
Antonio picked these banana leaves.
We’ll have muy delicioso puerco.
Well, there we go.
Now we are all ready to put it in the fire.
Gracias Antonio.
It has been twenty-four hours
And now it is the time to take out the pork.
Oh! Yummy puerco.
First they have to unbury the dead pork.
Come on!
Let’s pull it all off.
It’s still warm and you can see that the cover is on top still.
And now, we need tortillas.
Wow!
Wow! It’s all cooked.
Yummy, yummy!
You can see that the grease has gone to the top,
From the pork.
The achiote color you can see.
Oh!
Oh! It smells really, really good!
It smells really, really good.
It’s hot! It’s hot!
Mmmm!
Wow, that’s super hot.
That is an explosion of flavor in my mouth.
Some tortillas?
Quick!
Hurry!
How do you say quick?
Como es?
Rapido.
Rapido! Pronto!
Try this.
Mmmm.
Oh!
It’s so good.
Here are some tortillas.
Oh!
An official tortilla.
Oh, there're hot too.
I’ll have some onion.
Thank you.
Onion.
How do you say onion again?
Cebolla.
Seh-BOY-uh?
The official test.
On taco.
Mmm.
This is amazing.
Next time on Eco-Hula!