SLOW COORER COCHINITA PIBIL TOSTADAS

Ingrediente

SERVES & TO 10

COCHINITA PIBIL

1% cups freshly squeezed orange juice (from 3 to b oranges)

5 garlic cloves

2 teblespoons aehiote paste (see Note, page 144)

2 tablespoons white vinegar

1½ teaspoons dried Mexican oregano

Kosher salt

2½ pounds boneless pork butt, cut into 2 inch cubes

½ medium onion

2 bay leaves

2 cinnamon sticks

1 teaspoon whole black peppersorns

3 whole cloves

PICKLED RED ONIONS

1 red onion, quartered and sliced into 1-inch-wide strips

1 habanero chile, stemmed, seeded, deveined, and finely chopped

½ eup freshly squeezed lime juice (from 5 limes)

¼ eup red vite negat

Ycup enlsigioea

1 tablespoon crumbled dres

Merisan oregano

1½ teaspoons kosher sait

FOR SEAVINS

8 corn tortalas

Vegetable oil, for brushing

2 avocados, thinly sliced

Caramelized Hibiscus Sala (page 152)

Instrucțiuni

Unless you want to dig a barbecue pit in your backyard, using a slow cooker for this Yucatán-style roasted pork is the best way to achieve the tenderest meat. Achiote paste (ground annatte seeds compressed into a brick) gives the shredded pork its unique, earthy flavor but it also has a bitter note and grittiness that can only be overcome with a long cook time. That's why the slow cooker is a godsend. Achiote paste is available in Last Indian markets, Latin markets, and some supermarkets, as wes as online,