Las Palmas Mexican Restaurant Chicago

INGREDIENT HIGHLIGHT: ACHIOTE

Being a Mexican Restaurant in Chicago we love to bring a modern spin to our traditional mexican ingredients. Mexican cuisine is full of rich flavors and colors. One of the sources for both is Achiote. 

The Achiote seed clusters seen here are a good example of the color which can be infused into food from them. Popular for centuries in Latin America it is used to in the popular Mexican spicy pork dish Cochinita Pibil, and recently it has been growing in popularity as a natural alternative to synthetic food coloring compounds outside of Mexcian Cuisine. 

Here at Las Palmas, we aim to bring original interpretaitons to our Chicago Mexican Restaurant scene, and we are using Achiote in our variation of that famous Cochinita Pibil Dish. Here it is: 

LAS PALMAS COCHINITA PIBIL
Braised pork shoulder slow roasted in banana leaves with achiote, citrus juices and Mexican herbs. Finished with a Habanero salsa.

So if you are looking for a Modern Mexican Restaurant, that has an understanding of its roots in the history of Mexican Cuisine, we invite you to visit us here at Las Palmas. 

Las Palmas Modern Mexican Restaurant Chicago