Pit Cooking Sacred and Smoky

Mexico: One Plate at a Time: "Pit Cooking Sacred and Smoky"

Season 11 · Episode 12

Mexico: One Plate at a Time Season 11 Episode 12

Mexico: One Plate at a Time: "Pit Cooking Sacred and Smoky" Season 11 · Episode 12

Cooking in underground pits is an elemental part of Yucatecan cooking. In fact, it’s downright sacred, as we’ll see during the preparation of mucbil pollo at an intimate candlelit Hanal Pixan ceremony (think of it as the Yucatán’s version of Dias de Los Muertos.) Rick heads to Yaxunah to see the entire process of making cochinita pibil, from the digging of the pit to the garnishing of the tacos. Rick also visits the smoky ovens in Temozón, a village known throughout Yucatán for its purveyors of smoked meats. Then, he places a big order at Momocoa, a Southern-American-slash-Yucatecan barbecue joint in Merida run by Chef Paloma Ponce. All of the smoke stokes Rick’s inner pit master, so back in Chicago he makes short ribs with ancho BBQ sauce and pollo pibil.

Quality: HD

Release: 02 Dec 2016

Duration: 25m

Views: 5

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