A traditional Mexican sauce or marinade of Mayan origin, that is made by grinding annato seeds with spices, chiles, and added to other ingredients such as fruit to create a mild red paste used to flavor foods. Pork is often seasoned with Achiote by rubbing the pork and wrapping it in a cornhusk or banana leaf before steam cooking the meat. The sauce is also used on fish and poultry. Achiote may be referred to as annatto seed paste or recado rojo.
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This paste can be used to prepare various regional curries and gravies. Mustard paste usually comes as a thick paste and is used either as a dipping sauce or in stir frying. It is ideal for deep fried foods, barbecue, hamburgers, tacos and rice. Mustard is often used at the table as a condiment on meat. It is also used as an ingredient in mayonnaise and vinaigrettes.