Traditional Mexican Recipes - How To Make Yucatan Frijoles

The food from the Yucatan region of Mexico has its unique style and it is quite different from Mexican food recipes from other areas of the country. This cuisine includes influences from the French, Caribbean, and Middle Eastern cultures, as well as influence from the local Mayan culture. Poc chuc is a popular dish in the Yucatan and this is a barbecued pork dish.
Salbutes are soft tortillas with avocado, turkey, tomato and lettuce and panuchos are fried ones with turkey or chicken, avocado, pickled onions, lettuce and black beans. Pave en relleno negro is turkey meat stewed in chili paste and the resulting meat is served in sandwiches and tacos.
Queso relleno is a strange recipe, made by stuffing ground pork inside a carved ball of Edam cheese. It is served with gravy and tomato sauce. You will find that habanero chilies are often used in Yucatan recipes, along with corn tortillas and fresh lime.
Egg tacos with tomatoes and pumpkin seed sauce are beloved in this area, as is lime, turkey, and tortilla soup. Maybe the most famous dish from the Yucatan is cochinita pibil. This is a mouthwatering marinated pork recipe.
Black beans have been popular in the region since pre-Hispanic times and they are often cooked in water where chilies have been steeped. This chili broth is used as the base for a lot of traditional Mexican food recipes in the Yucatan and in the following recipe, the puree is added when the beans are tender.
If the weather is getting cooler and you are looking for an alternative to chili con carne, why not consider making frijoles Yucatan style? It is up to you whether or not to remove the seeds from the chili pepper. Leaving them in means the dish will be spicier.
What You Need:

• 2 lbs beans
• 8 chopped cloves garlic
• 2 lbs boneless pork leg meat in small cubes
• 12 chopped radishes
• 2 chopped white onions
• 2 lightly roasted habanero chilies
• 1 lb peeled, roasted tomatoes
• 2 bunches chopped fresh cilantro leaves
• Salt, to taste

How To Make It:
Wash the beans, soak them overnight, and drain them. You can use black beans or any other kind you like, as long as you cook them until they are tender. Add the garlic, pork, and beans to a big pot with two quarts of water. Cover the pot and cook for one and a half hours or until the beans are tender. Puree the tomatoes with one of the chilies and add the mixture to the pot. Cook for five minutes more. Add salt to taste.
Put the onion in the middle of a platter and sprinkle the cilantro around it. Put the radishes around that. Serve the frijoles in deep bowls with lemon wedges and let everyone take onion, cilantro, or radishes as they like. Chop the rest of the chili and put it in a separate dish so people can serve themselves. This recipe serves about twelve people.

If you enjoy tasting Mexican recipes you might like to make something unusual from the Yucatan region. Alternatively, if you like really authentic and well known dishes, there are also plenty of traditional Mexican recipes to choose from.
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