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Roasted Pork Shoulder


  • Author: Aida's Kitchen
  • Prep Time: 15
  • Cook Time: 5 Hours
  • Total Time: 5 hours 15 minutes
  • Yield: 12 Servings 1x

Description

The key to a flavorful, moist and tender pork shoulder roast is marinating the pork roast overnight with a wet rub to allow the spices, herbs and liquids to soak inside the meat!


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Ingredients

  • 1 bone-in pork shoulder roast, 9 pounds

Marinating Ingredients:

  • 8 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
  • 1 tablespoon black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon dry oregano
  • 9 teaspoons salt (low sodium)
  • 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons white vinegar

Instructions

  1. In a mortar, pound the garlic cloves until they are crushed, using the pestle.
  2. Place black pepper, salt and oregano into mortar and grind with pestle until well blended.
  3. Pour the olive oil and white vinegar.  Stir the ingredients well with a spoon until a paste is formed.
  4. Score surface of pork skin with a knife, making 1-inch wide slits and 1 to 2 inches deep.   Turn over pork roast to the other side and make several slits as well.
  5. Fill each slit with marinade (about ¼ teaspoon) and rub entire side of pork roast with remaining marinating paste.  Repeat this process to the other side of pork roast.
  6. Place pork roast in roasting pan.  Cover with lid and place in refrigerator overnight
  7. Preheat oven to 350°F.  Remove roasting pan from refrigerator and insert meat thermometer in center of pork away from the bone.   Cover roasting pan with lid and place in oven.
  8. Cook pork shoulder picnic until meat thermometer registers the adequate internal temperature.
  9. To crisp the skin, remove lid and bake for an additional 30 minutes or until the pork skin becomes very crispy.
  10.  Allow the meat to rest for 15 minutes before cutting.  Cut the Roasted Pork Shoulder in medium size chunks accompanied on the side with the crispy pork skin (cuero).

Notes

The pork meat has been rinsed and patted dry with paper towels.

If you are not using a meat thermometer, cook 30 minutes for each pound of pork shoulder roast.

  • Category: Dinner
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: Puerto Rican

Keywords: Roasted Pork Shoulder Picnic, Pernil, Pork Roast, Picnic,