Yucatan chicken recipe

Bring the taste of Mexico to your grill with this easy to make Yucatan chicken.

Don't you love easy recipes that are tasty? I do! Prepare one marinade and use it on both chicken or shrimp. This simple Yucatan-style marinade comes together quickly.

Bring the Yucatan to your table with Instant Pot Achiote Chicken, also known as Pollo Pibil, a saucy, savory, succulent chicken dish with a slightly sweet and peppery sauce. While Achiote Chicken, or Pollo en Achiote in Spanish, is often slow cooked for hours, we are instead making it in the Instant Pot to transform it from a slow cooked meal to a quick and easy dinner!

Don't you love easy recipes that are tasty? I do! Prepare one marinade and use it on both chicken or shrimp. This simple Yucatan-style marinade comes together quickly.

This achiote chicken is marinated in a combination of spices, herbs, vinegar, orange and lime juice, then grilled to perfection.

Pollo Pibil (Yucatán-Style Chicken with Achiote).

This authentic Peruvian chicken (pollo a la brasa) features chicken thighs marinated in a savory sauce packed full of seasoning then grilled to perfection.

This chicken dish is based on a recipe that’s popular in Yucatán, Mexico and uses ingredients familiar to both Mexican and Puerto Rican cuisines. This particular version, however, is based upon a sofrito of onions, spices and tomato paste, making it distinctly Puerto Rican. Fricasé is a common South American cooking technique whereby the meat is browned first before being simmered over low heat.

This Chicken Al Pastor features fresh chicken thighs marinated in a pineapple and spicy spice blend for a juicy and succulent main dish.

Pollo Pibil is another classic meal in the Yucatan peninsula, a true gastronomic jewel! The main ingredient in this dish is the Achiote paste, also known as "Recado Rojo", an essential ingredient and the base of many dishes in Yucatecan Cuisine.