Asado de boda (Zacatecas/SLP wedding pork in dried chile sauce)
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Origin
Zacatecas and San Luis Potosí, Mexico — Bajío region wedding and celebration tradition
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Description
Asado de boda (wedding roast) is the festive pork dish of Zacatecas and San Luis Potosí — pork pieces braised in a dried chile sauce made from ancho, mulato, and guajillo, enriched with lard and spiced with cumin, cinnamon, and cloves. It is the canonical wedding and festival food of the region — rich, deeply spiced, and made in enormous quantities. Unlike mole negro, there is no chocolate and no charring — the sauce is built on dried chiles, spices, and acidity from tomato or vinegar.
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The Thread
—Peruvian adobo (colonial Spanish-indigenous festive stew)
—Moroccan dfina (festive spiced meat)
—Philippine adobo (vinegar-spiced braised pork)
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Flavour Context
Rich, deeply spiced, slightly sweet from dried fruit notes in mulato chiles — festive and warming
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