In the Kitchen with Ken: Achiote Pork

Achiote pork

2 pork tenderloins

2 3.5 oz. boxes of Achiote

Red Paste by El Yucateco

1 red onion

1 cup of lime juice

1 package of Banana leaves

Line your crock-pot or slow cooker with the banana leaves. Place the tenderloins on top of the leaves and cover them with your cut up red onion.

In a blender, add the 2 packages of achiote paste and 1 cup of lime juice. Blend the ingredients until it makes a smooth liquid and pour the mixture over the tenderloins and red onions. Fold the banana leaves over the ingredients until they are completely covered and cook on low for 4 to 6 hours until the meat is tender enough to pull apart.

When the pork is cooked, take it out and pull it all apart. You can pour some of the leftover liquid back over the meat to add more spices and flavor.

Put some of the meat on a small, flour tortilla and add some of your pickled red onions and enjoy.
Pickled red onions

1 red onion

2 cups lime juice

1 teaspoon of salt

Cut up, not dice, the red onion thinly. Place it in a bowl and poor hot water over it.

Let the onion sit in the hot water for 5 minutes, then strain it. Put back in the bowl with a teaspoon of salt and add the 2 cups of lime juice. Let it sit in the refrigerator for a few hours.

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• In the Kitchen with Ken
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• slow cooking
• pork tenderloin
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• banana leaves
• crock-pot
• pickled red onions

[perrerreque]

Hey Ken, good video, here is a cooking tip, don't use BANANA leaf because it makes the food bitter, you must use PLANTAIN leaf, like we do here in latin america. They are similar but give different taste to food. FYI a banana is a fruit that can be eaten raw, while the plantain is a vegetable and must be cooked.

[InTheKitchenWithKen]

@perrerreque Thanks for the tip I'll be sure to give it a try.

[lotr4000]

Or is it, fold up, then left then right?

Ahhh! I forget!

You could also, fold th bottom up, then roll from on side to the other to close it.

Anywho, you get the point. No dripping. :3

Gah, what an unorganized post! >_<

[lotr4000]

To keep the juice from running out, you fold the bottom part of the tortilla upwards toward the middle. Fold left, fold up, fold right. If you eat a burrito from taco bell, you'll see what I mean. :D

But MY LORD odes that achiote pork look good! I got here looking for Achiote Salmon, but I'm going to have to try this too! ^_^ Great video!

[moke914]

hey this looks real good can it be made with pork shoulder as well? and I noticed no salt or pepper is it in the paste?