Puerto Rican-Style Marinated Roast Pork (Pernil)

Puerto Rican-Style Marinated Roast Pork (Pernil)

Name: Puerto Rican-Style Marinated Roast Pork (Pernil)
Total time: 48 h
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 10 cloves garlic; 60 ml olive oil; 45 ml white vinegar; 30 ml dried oregano; 15 ml salt; 8 ml ground black pepper; 2.3 kg pork shoulder, trimmed of excess fat

Experience the most tender marinated pork shoulder seasoned with garlic, olive oil, and vinegar, a classic Puerto Rican dish.

48 hr

easy

355kcal

calories

carbohydrates

24g

fat

fiber

32g

protein

966mg

sodium

sugar

Dinner Puerto Rican Caribbean

Ingredients

10 cloves garlic

60 ml olive oil

45 ml white vinegar

30 ml dried oregano

15 ml salt

8 ml ground black pepper

2.3 kg pork shoulder, trimmed of excess fat

Directions

Step 1

Prepare all the ingredients.

Step 2

In a mortar and pestle, combine garlic, olive oil, vinegar, oregano, salt, and black pepper. Mash into a paste.

Step 3

Use a small knife to make deep slits in the pork. Stuff the slits with the garlic paste and rub any remaining paste over the pork.

Step 4

Place the pork in a plastic roasting bag and then place it in a roasting pan with a rack. Let it marinate in the refrigerator for 8 to 48 hours.

Step 5

Remove the pork from the refrigerator, uncover, and allow it to come to room temperature for 1 to 2 hours.

Step 6

Preheat the oven to 150°C.

Step 7

Roast the pork with the skin-side down in the preheated oven until it turns golden-brown, about 2 hours.

Step 8

Flip the pork and continue roasting with the skin-side up until the juices run clear and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reads at least 63°C, 2 to 4 hours more.