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Achiote

Family: Achiote

Annatto seed, the New World colouring spice, and its substitutes

Cooked with in 38 dishes across 8 food worlds

Mainland Southeast Asia · 1 dish

• Bún bò Huế

Maritime Southeast Asia · 3 dishes

• Chicken Inasal
• Kare-kare
• Satti

Mesoamerica · 13 dishes

• Cochinita pibil
• Uliche
• Pescado zarandeado
• Cochito horneado
• Kak'ik
• Pulique
• Hudut
• Sopa de caracol
• Arroz con pollo
• Indio viejo
• Tamal pisque
• Guacho de mariscos
• Torrejitas de bacalao

The Caribbean · 6 dishes

• Bacán
• Alcapurrias
• Arroz con gandules
• Mangú con los tres golpes
• Pasteles
• Pernil

The Andes · 8 dishes

• Salteña
• Fanesca
• Hornado
• Llapingacho
• Locro de Papa
• Mote Pillo
• Sancocho de pargo, for a paseo de olla
• Viche manabita

Amazonia · 2 dishes

• Juane
• Maito, and ayampaco

Mainland Brazil · 4 dishes

• Paçoca de carne seca
• Rabada
• Frango com quiabo
• Coxinha

Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia · 1 dish

• Hineksa' aga'ga'