Puerco Asado

* Exported from MasterCook II *

Puerco Asado - Cuban Pork Roast

Recipe By : Barbara Martinez
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cuban Favorites
Pork 1

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 5-6 pounds pork roast -- shoulder, sirloin *
1 head garlic -- or to taste
3/4 cup orange juice -- bitter OR
3/4 cup orange juice -- & lime juice mixed
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon black pepper
salt -- to taste
2 large onions -- sliced

* Any fresh pork roast including Picnic
Trim fat from roast and, with knife, pierce some holes on top of the
roast. Mash garlic with salt and add other ingredients except onions. Rub
this on roast and insert some in the holes. All of this is in a plastic bag
or glass dish. Cover with onions and refrigerate, at least overnight.
Barbara has marinated this up to a day and a half. Bake in a covered baking
pan at 275 degrees F. for 5-6 hours. Low temps work best. Turn once
halfway through cooking. Take roast out of the oven and let stand 20
minutes before carving.
MARY'S NOTE
Fixed this in a crockpot (8 hours on low) using (instead of the orange
juice) 2 heaping tablespoons of orange juice concentrate and the juice of 1
small lime. I used 2 very large Maui onions and made great sandwiches with
the easily shredded meat. I turned the roast once about half way through
the cooking. Me ke aloha, Mary
Source: Original recipe by Barbara Martinez

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