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Puerco Asado - Cuban Pork Roast

Here's how you make Puerco Asado - Cuban Pork Roast
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  • Servings: 8
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 6h
  • The following recipe serves 8 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 5 pound pork shoulder roast
  • 1 head garlic, or to taste
  • 3/4 cup orange juice (see note below)
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • Salt, to taste
  • 2 onions, sliced (large onions)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • NOTES: Any fresh pork roast including Picnic can be used. It's best if the orange juice is a little bit bitter. You can combine orange juice and lime juice to make the 3/4 cup.

  • Step 1: Trim fat from roast and, with a knife pierce some holes on top of the roast.

  • Step 2: Mash garlic with salt and add other ingredients except onions.

  • Step 3: Rub this on roast and insert some in the holes.

  • Step 4: Place the roast in a plastic bag or glass dish. Cover with onions and refrigerate, at least overnight.

  • Step 5: Bake in a covered baking pan at 275 degrees F. for 5-6 hours. Low temps work best.

  • Step 6: Turn once halfway through cooking.

  • Step 7: Take roast out of the oven and let stand 20 minutes before carving.

  • Step 8: Crockpot:

  • Step 9: This can be made in a crockpot on low for 8 hours. It shreds easily to make great sandwiches.


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