Spanish Roasted Pork (Pernil)

Description

Traditional dish in our family.

Ingredients

  • 9 pounds skin-on, bone-in pork shoulder (picnic) roast
  • 1 lime, halved
  • 10 cloves garlic
  • 2 ½ tablespoons salt
  • 1 ½ tablespoons olive oil, divided
  • 1 tablespoon dried oregano
  • 1 ½ teaspoons ground black pepper
  • 1 ¼ teaspoons adobo seasoning (such as Goya®)
  • 1 teaspoon vinegar
  • ¼ teaspoon sazon seasoning
  • 2 (12 fluid ounce) cans or bottles beer (such as Budweiser®)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
  2. Rub pork shoulder all over with lime.
  3. Mash garlic into paste in a mortar and pestle or pilon. Transfer to a bowl; mix in salt
  4. 1 tablespoon oil
  5. oregano
  6. black pepper
  7. adobo seasoning
  8. and vinegar.
  9. Lift skin off the pork to 1-inch from the narrow part of the bone. Make 3/4-inch slits all over the pork with a sharp knife. Stuff seasoned garlic paste into the slits. Pull skin back over to cover the pork.
  10. Mix remaining 1/2 teaspoon oil and sazon seasoning together in a small bowl. Rub over the skin of the pork.
  11. Transfer pork to a large roasting pan. Pour in beer. Cover with aluminum foil
  12. sealing well.
  13. Roast in the preheated oven until slightly pink in the center
  14. about 3 hours.
  15. Increase oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Uncover pork and continue roasting until skin is golden brown and crispy
  16. about 2 1/2 hours. Remove from oven and let stand for 10 minutes before carving.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 5 hrs 30 mins

Total Time: 6 hrs

Servings: 16

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