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What is the name of the Yucatecan street food of a whole pork leg marinated in achiote paste and sour orange, wrapped in banana leaves and slow-roasted in an underground pib (earth oven) for hours?

Cochinita pibil gets its distinctive bright orange colour from recado rojo (achiote paste) and its tender texture from the underground pit-roasting technique inherited from Maya cooking.

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