Adobo / Salsa Pibil

Name: Adobo / Salsa Pibil
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 8¼ cups (2000 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 800 g Achiote; 2 cups (480 ml) Orange Juice; 2 cups White Vin (480 ml) White Vinegar; about 1½ Tbsp (10 g) Cumin; about 2 bunches (40 g) Oregano; about 1½ Tbsp (10 g) White Pepper; about ⅓ cup (40 g) Cinnamon; about 1 Tbsp (10 g) Allspice; about 8 cloves (40 g) Garlic; ⅓ cup (100 g) Salt; 500 g Lard

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Natalia Vallejo recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Natalia Vallejo.

MARINADE · PORK, DUCK OR CHICKEN PIBIL

In the published recipe, this is the marinade for duck tamal (tamal colado de pato).

Vallejo's achiote adobo for pibil-style duck or pork.

On the jar

SALSA

Method: blend
Yield: about 8¼ cups
Ingredients: 11

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Orange Juice 480 mlWhite Vinegar 480 ml

Ingredients

Achiote800 g
Orange Juice2 cups (480 ml)
White Vinegar2 cups White Vin (480 ml)
Cuminabout 1½ Tbsp (10 g)
Oreganoabout 2 bunches (40 g)
White Pepperabout 1½ Tbsp (10 g)
Cinnamonabout ⅓ cup (40 g)
Allspiceabout 1 Tbsp (10 g)
Garlicabout 8 cloves (40 g)
Salt⅓ cup (100 g)
Lard500 g

Method

This sauce needs a blender. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

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Provenance

Puerto Rican chef awarded James Beard Best Chef: South 2023. Work highlights island produce and published Puerto Rican technique.

Adapted from a Natalia Vallejo recipe (Jorge Vallejo / 7Caníbales (tamal colado de pato)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Jorge Vallejo / 7Caníbales (tamal colado de pato) (published as “Adobo / Salsa Pibil”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

Can I use it as a marinade and a sauce?

Yes, but keep the portions separate. Never pour marinade that touched raw meat, poultry, or seafood back over the finished dish unless you bring it to a full boil first. Set aside a clean portion before marinating if you want a table sauce too.

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