Daddy Eddie's Roast Pork (Pernil), Puerto Rican-Style
Recipe Summary Daddy Eddie's Roast Pork (Pernil), Puerto Rican-Style
Pernil is roasted pork shoulder, seasoned to the max. It is served with rice and beans, salad, or sweet plantains.
Ingredients | Leftover Roast Pork Recipes Keto
¼ cup olive oil3 tablespoons white vinegar10 cloves garlic, or more to taste2 tablespoons dried oregano1 tablespoon salt1 ½ teaspoons ground black pepper5 pounds pork shoulder, trimmed of excess fatDirections
Combine olive oil, vinegar, garlic, oregano, salt, and black pepper in a mortar and pestle; mash into a paste.Make deep slits into the pork with a small knife. Stuff slits with the paste; rub any remaining paste over the pork.Place pork in a plastic roasting bag and put in a roasting pan with a rack. Let marinate in the refrigerator, 8 to 48 hours.Take pork out of the refrigerator, uncover, and bring to room temperature, 1 to 2 hours.Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).Roast pork skin-side down in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 2 hours. Flip pork and continue roasting, skin-side up, until juices run clear and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reads at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C), 2 to 4 hours more.Mash paste with the back of a spoon if you don't have a mortar and pestle.Info | Leftover Roast Pork Recipes Keto
prep:
15 mins
cook:
4 hrs
additional:
9 hrs
total:
13 hrs 15 mins
Servings:
8
Yield:
8 servings
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