Mayan Pork Chops

Name: Mayan Pork Chops (Poc Chuc)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Mexico
Ingredients: Salsa (optional), such as: xni pec (Fiery Habañero Salsa) or chiltomate (Grilled Tomato Habañero Salsa); Salsa (optional), such as: xni pec (Fiery Habañero Salsa) or chiltomate (Grilled Tomato Habañero Salsa); 2 cups unsoaked oak chips or chunks (optional); 2 cups unsoaked oak chips or chunks (optional); 1 bunch red radishes, rinsed, stemmed, and thinly sliced crosswise; 1 large or 2 small avocados, peeled, pitted, and thinly sliced (see Note); ¼ cup fresh cilantro leaves; ¼ cup coarsely chopped fresh cilantro, plus; Coarse salt (kosher or sea); Coarse salt (kosher or sea); 2 pounds thin bone-in pork chops, or 1½ pounds pork tenderloin; 2 pounds thin bone-in pork chops, or 1½ pounds pork tenderloin; ¾ cup naranja agria (sour orange) juice, or 6 tablespoons each fresh orange juice and fresh lime juice; ¾ cup naranja agria (sour orange) juice, or 6 tablespoons each fresh orange juice and fresh lime juice; 1 large white onion, quartered from tip to root (leave the skin and root intact); Coarse salt (kosher or sea); ½ small green cabbage, quartered, and thinly sliced crosswise; 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice, or to taste; ¾ cup naranja agria (sour orange) juice, or 6 tablespoons each fresh orange juice and fresh lime juice; ¾ cup naranja agria (sour orange) juice, or 6 tablespoons each fresh orange juice and fresh lime juice

Poc Chuc

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Planet Barbecue

By Steven Raichlen

Published 2010

About

Deep in the heart of the Yucatán, past Mayan temple complexes and dusty villages, down bone-jarring country roads, in the proverbial middle of nowhere, stands the restaurant El Príncipe Tutul Xiú. Much to my surprise, when I finally got there, the parking lot was full. Founded in 1973, named for a fifteenth century Mayan prince, and housed in a sort of giant palapa (open-air thatched hut), El Príncipe Tutul Xiú has achieved world renown for a single dish: poc chuc. And what a

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Americas
Mexico
Main course
Central America
Gluten-free

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