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Eddie's Puerto Rican Roast Pork

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PREP TIME
15 min
COOKING TIME
240 min
TOTAL TIME
795 min
SERVINGS
8 servings
Dinner Caribbean Puerto Rican
Eddie's Puerto Rican Roast Pork
Ingredients
  • 10 cloves garlic, or more to taste
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons white vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons dried oregano
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground black pepper
  • 5 pounds pork shoulder, trimmed of excess fat
Instructions
1
Gather all the necessary ingredients and prepare them for use.
2
Combine minced garlic, olive oil, vinegar, dried oregano, salt, and black pepper in a mortar and pestle; grind into a smooth paste using the pestle.
3
Make incisions of varying depth in the pork, being careful not to cut too deeply. Fill these incisions with the garlic paste you created earlier; ensure that any remaining paste is evenly distributed over the surface of the pork.
4
Place the pork in a sealed plastic roasting bag and position it in a roasting pan with a built-in rack. Allow the pork to marinate in the refrigerator for 8 to 48 hours.
5
Remove the pork from the refrigerator, carefully lifting the lid and bringing it to room temperature over a period of 1 to 2 hours.
6
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit (150 degrees Celsius).
7
Roast the pork, skin-side down, in the preheated oven until it develops a golden-brown color, approximately 2 hours.
8
Flip the pork over and continue roasting, skin-side up, until the juices run clear and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the meat reads at least 145 degrees Fahrenheit (63 degrees Celsius), adding an additional 2 to 4 hours.