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Relleno negro is a black Yucatecan stew of turkey and pork in recado negro, a paste of charred dried chiles, with a pork forcemeat and hard-boiled egg cooked into the dark broth; in Mexico we have verified places to eat it in Cancún and Mérida.
Relleno negro · Cancún
Relleno negro is a black Yucatecan stew of turkey and pork in recado negro, a paste of charred dried chiles, with a pork forcemeat and hard-boiled egg cooked into the dark broth.
Relleno negro is a hot dish of the Yucatán Peninsula made with turkey and pork, a sofrito and a paste of burnt dried chiles called chilmole or recado negro, which gives the dish its name and colour. In Yucatec Maya it is boox but': boox, black, and but', the stuffing of ground pork mixed with hard-boiled egg. The original recipe adds tomato, achiote, pepper, clove, cumin, oregano, epazote and garlic. It is traditionally cooked in November for Janal Pixán, the Maya day of the dead. In Cancún, El Tatich serves it on Sundays, and it appears at the Mercado 23 fondas.
Where to eat in Cancún:
- El Tatich
- Mercado 23 fondas
Where to eat Relleno negro in Cancún: the editor picks
Relleno negro · Mérida
Relleno negro is a Yucatecan stew of turkey or pork in a deeply black sauce made from charred dried chiles, the dish's distinguishing colour and smoky flavour coming from the burnt-chile recado negro paste.
The dish is one of the oldest Mayan stews to survive into modern Yucatán cookery, traditionally cooked for Hanal Pixán (the Yucatán Day of the Dead) and family feasts. The recado negro paste (charred chiles xcatic and chile dulce, garlic, cloves, allspice and burnt tortilla) gives the deep-black colour; the technique is to char everything to ash on a comal, then grind and rehydrate. Stuffed turkey or chicken cooks in the inky stock for two hours; hard-boiled egg and pork meatballs (bolitas) ring the plate. La Chaya Maya, La Tradición and Restaurante Kinich in Izamal are the canonical sources. The dish appears across Mérida tasting menus during November.
Where to eat in Mérida:
- La Chaya Maya
- La Tradición
- Manjar Blanco
Where to eat Relleno negro in Mérida: the editor picks
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