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Originally Posted by mindz
Intersting to see everyone's comments and recipes. I've made it also; my local Mexican grocery now has the sour orange juice, but I've also made my own mixture with part grapefruit juice. I think that grapefruit has the bitter/sour flavor you need. Banana leaves I buy frozen at an Asian grocery. The biggest disappointment, in making cochinita pibil in the States, is the pork itself. It goes against our health-conscious ways, but you need pork with lots of fat, or the dish will be dry and the flavor thin..
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Completely agree, the fat during the cooking is important for the flavor, same as with Carnitas, if they are not greasy they wonīt taste good, and they donīt need to be as greasy at eating time,
I have never thought about the grapefruit substitute, good to have an alternative.