What Cochito means
Cochito is a Mexican main dish name of Spanish origin meaning "little pig". It is built from Spanish cochino (pig) and -ito (diminutive). It is pronounced koh-CHEE-toh, and it is most associated with Chiapas.
Chiapas's adobo-roasted pork. Cochito is the local pet word for a piglet, from the same root as cochinita in Yucatán.
This is a site about what Mexican words mean, so there is no recipe here. For the name itself: The plated dishes, most named for a cooking method or a place. Cochinita pibil is pork cooked in a píib, the Maya earth oven. Barbacoa gave English the word barbecue. Chiles en nogada is named for the walnut sauce that covers it.
