🇧🇿 Belizean Cuisine

Cochinita Pibil Style Chicken

Slow-Roasted Achiote Chicken

Prep Time 30 min
Servings 6
Difficulty Medium
Calories 400 kcal

Chicken marinated in citrus and achiote paste, wrapped in banana leaves and slow-roasted until meltingly tender.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Blend achiote paste with orange juice, lime juice, garlic, cumin, oregano, and salt.
  2. 2 Marinate chicken in the mixture for at least 2 hours or overnight.
  3. 3 Wrap marinated chicken in banana leaves and place in a baking dish.
  4. 4 Bake covered at 325F for 2.5 hours until chicken is fall-apart tender. Serve with pickled onions.

Did You Know?

The pibil technique of wrapping food in banana leaves and cooking underground dates back thousands of years in Maya civilization.