Pretty obvious where I got this recipe. I have made it several times and it is for sure a crowd pleaser.
Here are some tips from the Director of Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Robert Rodriguez.
Ingredients
5 pounds pork butt, cut into 2 inch cubes
5 tablespoons annato seeds
2 teaspoons cumin seeds
1 tablespoon whole black pepper
½ teaspoon whole cloves
8 whole allspice berries
2 habanero Peppers,fresh or dried, cleaned and minced (optional)
½ cup orange juice
½ cup white vinegar
8 garlic cloves
2 tablespoons salt
5 Lemons (juiced or juice 1/4-1/3 cup per lemon)
1 Shot of Tequila
banana leaves (optional)
Red Onion (Optional-highly recommended)
2 cups Apple cider vinegar (for the pickled Red Onion)
Mustard Seeds (Optional- Highly recommended for pickled red onion)
Cilantro for garnish
-Choice of Rice, lime, tortilla, Bibb (butter Lettuce)
Preperation
Toast annatto seeds, peppercorns, cloves, cumin, and allspice in a dry sauté pan for 3-5 minutes over medium heat, until fragrant. Pour into a spice grinder and process into a fine powder, 2-3 minutes.
In a blender, combine orange juice, vinegar, lemon juice, garlic cloves, habanero peppers, salt, tequila, and ground spices. Blend on high speed for 30-60 seconds, until well-combined. Combine marinade and pork in a large plastic bag, massage until evenly coated, and allow to marinate for 30 minutes to max of 6 hours turning several times.
Preheat oven to 325°F. Line a deep casserole dish with banana leaves, and pour pork into the center. Wrap banana leaves around the pork, seal tightly with aluminum foil, and roast for 4 hours.
Serve with rice, lime wedges, and cilantro and pickled red onion (see recipe for pickled onion) you can make this while its roasting)
To serve with tacos: while pork roasts, slice a red onion combine red onion and mustard seeds in a large heatproof bowl, and cover with boiling apple cider vinegar. Let steep for 30 minutes, and serve over tacos.
An alternative to taco or tortilla, I found bibb lettuce (Butter Lettuce) works really good to wrap up food and make a taco like a tortilla and is relatively strong to hold it together, provides a good mouth texture, flavor, chews up and digests easily for bariatric.
