Name: Daddy Eddie's Roast Pork (Pernil), Puerto Rican-Style
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: Garlic, or more to taste - 10 cloves; Olive oil - ¼ cup; White vinegar - 3 tablespoons; Dried oregano - 2 tablespoons; Salt - 1 tablespoon; Ground black pepper - 1 ½ teaspoons; Pork shoulder, trimmed of excess fat - 5 pounds

Daddy Eddie's Roast Pork (Pernil), Puerto Rican-Style

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15 min.

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Ingredients for - Daddy Eddie's Roast Pork (Pernil), Puerto Rican-Style

1. Garlic, or more to taste - 10 cloves

2. Olive oil - ¼ cup

3. White vinegar - 3 tablespoons

4. Dried oregano - 2 tablespoons

5. Salt - 1 tablespoon

6. Ground black pepper - 1 ½ teaspoons

7. Pork shoulder, trimmed of excess fat - 5 pounds

How to cook deliciously - Daddy Eddie's Roast Pork (Pernil), Puerto Rican-Style

1. Stage

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

2. Stage

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

3. Stage

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. Stage

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

5. Stage

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

6. Stage

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.