28 february 2022
/ 2 min. de lectura
Besides being a traditional Yucatecan dish, it also involves a unique tradition: eating it only on Mondays.
This fact took us to the beautiful city of Izamal, well known for its delicious Yucatecan cuisine, to find out more about this tradition. There are also different ways to eat it: everything in one bowl, or separately...
But for now, the recipe...
Ingredients for Frijol con Puerco:
- 1 kg of beans
- 1 kg of cubed pork
- 1 onion cut in quarters
- Epazote (a Yucatecan herb)
- Habanero chile
Ingredients for Chiltomate (Tomato sauce)
- 2 roasted tomatoes
- 1 roasted garlic
- Roasted chile habanero
- Chopped cilantro
Accompaniments
- Chopped onion
- Chopped cilantro
- Chopped radish
- Limes
Black rice
- 1 cup of rice
- 2 cups of black bean broth
- Garlic
- Salt
Instructions:
- Soak the beans in the water a day ahead of time.
- Chop the pork in small chunks.
- Place the beans, onion, and epazote in a pot and cook over medium heat.
- When almost soft, remove 2 cups of the broth for the rice.
- Add the meat to the beans and water to cover.
- Cook until pork is tender.
- Cook the rice in the bean broth with the garlic and salt.
- Serve with tortillas, chiltomate and accompaniments.
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