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Traditional Mayan Cooking Class
Available From: Uxmal
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Transportation Included
Included
• Cooking class.
• Lesson and narrative guided by your host.
• Ingredients to prepare Chicken Pibil.
• Aforementioned food and beverages.
Not Included
-Optional gratuities.
-Unspecified food and beverages.
Product description
Gastro-cultural experience where the guest is taught how to prepare Chicken Pibil traditionally; the way Mayan-Yucatecan people have been preparing it for generations.
A chef from the Hacienda Uxmal will teach you how to prepare Chicken Pibil, how to make tortillas by hand and how to prepare the habanero chile sauce that accompanies this traditional dish in Yucatecan cuisine, by following a recipe that has been passed down through generations.
Very few places around the world use the cooking methods you will use, as it is prepared by cooking the chicken inside a “pib” (in Maya), a hole in the ground used as an oven for cooking a variety of true Yucatecan dishes including the one you will learn to make. Cooking inside a pib, although it might seem ancestral, is a cooking method still used today in the majority of towns and rural Mayan communities, and is the true way of cooking many dishes you might have tried.
As you go through the process of learning real Yucatecan cooking, you’ll also learn about the Mayan culture and the Mayan’s, who still exist, way of life. You’ll hear a few of the countless legends and common anecdotes along with some words in the Mayan language.
Accompanying the Chicken Pibil you previously created, will be other traditional dishes including: “sikil pak” tacos, chaya soup, and candied papaya as a dessert along with lima or sour orange water.
This is a true Mayan-Yucatecan gastronomical experience.
Suggestions
*Wear light, comfortable clothing and walking shoes.
*Bring your sunglasses, hat, biodegradable sunscreen, biodegradable insect repellent and camera.
*Bring cash, preferably in Mexican pesos, for gratuities and personal expenses.
*This is an interactive activity.
*This experience is offered in Spanish and English; bilingual
*Ideal for groups of up to eight people.
*This activity takes place in the Mayan Hut.
*For all ages.
*There is not a vegetarian option.
*Not recommended for people with limited mobility.
*At an extra cost, beverages other than the ones included in this experience can be solicited when it is booked.
*Meeting point: The front desk at the Hacienda Uxmal Plantation & Museum and the front desk at The Lodge at Uxmal prior reservation.
+52 (998) 147 0676