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Poc chuc is thinly sliced pork loin marinated in sour orange, grilled over wood and served with pickled onion, beans, rice and a charred tomato salsa.
Poc chuc is a relatively young Yucatecan dish, popularized by Los Almendros in Ticul in the 1960s before the chain expanded to Mérida in 1972. The name combines Mayan poc (toasted) and chuc (charcoal). The technique is to marinate thin pork loin or leg slices in sour orange and salt for an hour, then grill over an extremely hot charcoal fire for under three minutes a side. Standard plates pair the pork with frijol colado bean broth, charred white onion, avocado, pickled habanero salsa and a stack of warm corn tortillas. La Chaya Maya, El Príncipe Tutul-Xiu and Los Almendros all run reference versions in Mérida.
3 editor picks for Poc chuc in Mérida, ranked by editorial score. All Mérida signature dishes · Poc chuc across every city.
La Chaya Maya ★ 4.4
Santa Lucía · Calle 55 459 esq. Calle 60, Centro, 97000 Mérida, Yucatán
La Chaya Maya on Santa Lucía in Mérida pours tortillas on a clay comal in the dining room and runs sopa de lima, poc chuc and panuchos seven days.
La Tradición ★ 4.3
Paseo de Montejo · Calle 60 293 x 25 y 27, García Ginerés, 97070 Mérida, Yucatán
La Tradición on Calle 60 in Mérida runs chef David Cetina's Yucatecan recados, poc chuc and queso relleno from a family kitchen of two decades.
Los Almendros ★ 4.0
La Mejorada · Calle 50-A número 493, Centro, 97000 Mérida, Yucatán
Los Almendros on Parque de la Mejorada in Mérida runs the Yucatecan canon since 1972, claiming credit for putting poc chuc on the city's restaurant maps.
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