Cuban Roasted Pork Leg: Pernil

Name: Cuban Roasted Pork Leg: Pernil
Prep time: 6 h 45 min
Cook time: 6 h 45 min
Total time: 6 h 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp achiote powder; 1 Tbsp coarse salt; 1 Tbsp dried parsley flakes; 12 garlic cloves; 1 Tbsp garlic powder; 1 Tbsps ground cumin; 237 milliliters store-bought Mojo sauce; 4 limes, juiced; 1 Tbsp lemon pepper; 1 Tbsp onion powder or flakes; 473 milliliters orange juice; 1 Tbsp dried oregano; 6 sprigs fresh oregano leaves; 6 kilograms bone-in whole fresh pork leg; 1 Tbsp salt

Cuban Roasted Pork Leg: Pernil

Cuban Roasted Pork Leg: Pernil is a gluten free and dairy free recipe with 10 servings. One portion of this dish contains around 109g of protein, 135g of fat, and a total of 1763 calories. This recipe covers 47% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Plenty of people really liked this main course. Head to the store and pick up oregano leaves, salt, pork leg, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the juice of lime you could follow this main course with the Cranberry-Orange Juice Slushee as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 6 hours and 45 minutes.

Instructions

Place the garlic cloves on a cutting board. Slice the cloves in half lengthwise and then smash with the side of a chef's knife.

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Whole Garlic Cloves

Clove

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Cutting Board

Chefs Knife

Sprinkle the salt over the garlic and chop and smear the garlic against the cutting board until it makes a paste. (This can also be done using a mortar pestle; smash the garlic halves before placing them in the mortar.)

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Garlic

Salt

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Cutting Board

Mortar And Pestle

Add the oregano, chop it into the garlic paste and mix together.

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Garlic Paste

Oregano

Put the garlic paste in a large bowl.

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Garlic Paste

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Bowl

Add the Adobo, Mojo, the orange and lime juices.

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Orange

Lime

Mix well to combine.

Place the pork in a roasting pan and using a sharp knife, score the surface of the meat in a crosshatch pattern.

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Meat

Pork

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Roasting Pan

Knife

Pour the marinade over the pork, being sure it gets into the incisions and penetrates the meat. Cover and marinate in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours or up to 1 day in the refrigerator, covered and turning it once or twice.

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Marinade

Meat

Pork

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.

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Oven

Uncover the pork and allow the meat to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes before cooking.

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Meat

Pork

Roast the pork for 30 minutes. Lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees F. and continue to roast until the meat is falling apart and an instant-read thermometer reaches 160 degrees F when inserted into the thickest part of the pork. Baste with the marinade every 30 minutes. Total roasting time will be approximately 5 to 5 1/2 hours.

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Marinade

Meat

Pork

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Kitchen Thermometer

Oven

Remove from oven and let it stand at room temperature 20 to 30 minutes, covered loosely with a foil, before cutting it in slices.

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Aluminum Foil

Oven

Note: This recipe for adobo is a staple seasoning for many of my Latin recipes. You can make a large batch, store it in an airtight container and use it as a flavor enhancer in your favorite dishes.

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Flavor Enhancer