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.


Recipes · Main Dishes · Pork · Pork Roast Recipes


Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 4 hrs
Total Time: 13 hrs 15 mins
Additional Time: 9 hrs
Servings: 8

Ingredients

Ingredients List

  • 10 cloves garlic, or more to taste

  • ¼ cup olive oil

  • 3 tablespoons white vinegar

  • 2 tablespoons dried oregano

  • 1 tablespoon salt

  • 1 ½ teaspoons ground black pepper

  • 5 pounds pork shoulder, trimmed of excess fat


Directions

  1. Combine garlic cloves, olive oil, vinegar, oregano, salt, and black pepper in a mortar and pestle; mash into a paste.

  2. Cut deep slits into pork with a small knife. Stuff slits with garlic paste; rub any remaining paste over pork.

  3. 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.

  4. Take pork out of the refrigerator, uncover, and bring to room temperature, 1 to 2 hours.

  5. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).

  6. 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.

Cook's Note:

Mash garlic paste in a sturdy bowl with the back of a spoon if you don't have a mortar and pestle.


Nutrition Facts (per serving)

Nutrition Facts
355 Calories
24g Fat
2g Carbs
32g Protein


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