Simple Way to Prepare Super Quick Homemade Puerto Rican Roast Pork Shoulder

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, puerto rican roast pork shoulder. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

This Puerto Rican pork shoulder recipe is an amazing party dish. My pernil journey began as I was wrestling a huge shoulder of pork out of its packaging, about to start some rendition of slow roasted pork. Guillermo, a super nice guy who helps me out with kitchen prep when I need some powerhouse. This garlic roasted pork shoulder is a tradition in Puerto Rico for Christmas.

Puerto Rican Roast Pork Shoulder is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Puerto Rican Roast Pork Shoulder is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook puerto rican roast pork shoulder using 3 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Puerto Rican Roast Pork Shoulder:

1. Take 10 lb Pork picnic shoulder
2. Take 1 Garlic
3. Take 1 as needed Goya adobo seasoning

Pernil is roasted pork shoulder, seasoned to the max. Puerto Rican Pernil is typically made from a picnic cut pork shoulder, but I used a Boston butt (which is still the shoulder) since that's what was available. Just make sure to get a shoulder with the fat cap still on it - it keeps the meat tender and flavorful. Plus, the crispy "cuero" skin is the best part!

Instructions to make Puerto Rican Roast Pork Shoulder:

1. Wash and pat dry pork shoulder
2. On the meat side of the pork cut 4-5 deep slits in various places. ( be careful not to pierce the skin side)
3. Fill in the slits with a teaspoon size of minced garlic and 1 tablespoon of adobo
4. Turn shoulder over and season skin side with pinch of minced garlic and adobo. Massage well
5. Place in a 13x9 roasting pan. Cover with aluminum foil and let sit in the fridge a least 4 hours before cooking time. ( it is best to let the pork sit overnight)
6. when ready to cook, heat oven to 350. Place pork uncovered in oven and roast for 4-4 1/2 hours until done.

Just make sure to get a shoulder with the fat cap still on it - it keeps the meat tender and flavorful. Plus, the crispy "cuero" skin is the best part! There is nothing more quintessentially Puerto Rican than a deliciously tender, slow roasted pork shoulder, known as pernil. Pernil is the centerpiece of most of our holiday meals, and any other big celebration that calls for feeding a big crowd. This large, bone-in roast is slathered in a pungent blend. * Puerto Rican Style Roast Pork Shoulder (adapted from Daisy Cooks).

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