Best 15 Cuban Pork Roast Recipes

CUBAN-STYLE ROAST PORK

Steps:

• Grind garlic, salt, black pepper, cumin, oregano, and coriander into a paste using a mortar and pestle.
• Transfer half of the garlic and spice paste to a bowl; add lime juice, orange juice, olive oil, and vinegar. Beat the mixture with a whisk until smooth.
• Cut several inch-long, deep slits into the fatty side of the pork roast. Rub the reserved garlic paste into the slits.
• Put rubbed roast into a gallon-size resealable plastic bag. Pour the liquid mixture over the roast, squeeze as much air from the bag as possible and seal; refrigerate, turning occasionally, 8 hours to overnight.
• Remove pork roast from refrigerator, put into a roasting pan, and let warm at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Roast pork in preheated oven for 30 minutes, reduce heat to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C), and continue cooking until pork is no longer pink in the center, about 2 hours more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 170 degrees F (75 degrees C).

CUBAN PORK ROAST

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first seven ingredients. Pour half of the marinade into a large resealable plastic bag; add the pork roast. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 2 hours. Refrigerate remaining marinade., Drain and discard marinade from pork. Place roast in an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Pour reserved marinade over the roast. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. , Cover and bake at 350° for 45 minutes. Uncover; baste with pan drippings. Bake 15 minutes longer or until a thermometer reads 145°. Discard bay leaves. Let roast stand for 10 minutes before slicing.

CUBAN PORK ROAST I

Steps:

• Heat a small, heavy skillet over medium heat. Add the cumin seeds and peppercorns to the pan; stir constantly until fragrant and beginning to brown, about 2 minutes. Cool.
• Using a mortar and pestle, crush toasted spices with garlic, salt, and oregano to make a paste. You can also do this in the small bowl of a food processor. Transfer to a small bowl, and stir in orange juice, lime juice, lemon juice, sherry, and olive oil.
• Place the pork in a large resealable plastic bag. Pour citrus marinade over meat, and seal. Refrigerate for 12 to 24 hours, turning the bag over occasionally.
• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Transfer pork and marinade to a roasting pan, and place in the oven. Roast for about 2 1/2 hours, basting with pan juices occasionally, or until an instant read thermometer inserted in the center reads 145 degrees F (63 degrees C). Add small amounts of water to the pan if it dries out. Transfer the pork to a carving board, cover loosely with foil, and let rest for 15 minutes. Carve, and serve.

ROAST PORK CUBAN STYLE (LECHON ASADO)

Steps:

• Mash the garlic, salt, and peppercorns together with a mortar and pestle.
• Add dried oregano, onion, and the sour orange to make a mash - mix thoroughly.
• Heat the olive oil in a 2-quart saucepan until hot, but NOT deep frying hot! We're looking for something in the neighborhood of 220 degrees F. Remove the saucepan from the heat source. Carefully add the mash to the hot oil and whisk gently. Let cool.
• Pierce the pork as many times as you can with a sharp knife or fork.
• Pour garlic mixture (save a little for roasting) over pork, cover and let sit in refrigerator for 2-3 hours or preferably overnight.
• OVEN.
• To roast in the oven, preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Place the pork, fattest side up, in an open roasting pan. Place pan in oven and reduce temperature to 225 degrees F. Spoon extra marinade over the roast occasionally as it cooks. When to temp, immediately cover with foil and let rest for at least 10 minutes before slicing and serving. The roast will continue to cook after you remove it from the heat.
• GRILL.
• Use a covered grill, such as the Webber kettle or a covered gas grill. Bank the coals to each side, leaving an empty space beneath your ham. If using a gas grill, use front and rear burners only. The idea is to cook with indirect heat. You want a low heat.
• Spoon extra marinade over the roast occasionally as it cooks. If not using a gas grill, add charcoal to the sides as needed to maintain roasting temperature. When to temp, immediately cover with foil and let rest for at least 10 minutes before slicing and serving. The roast will continue to cook after you remove it from the heat.
• STOVETOP OR CROCKPOT.
• Place ham in a large Dutch oven, or a covered stock pan. Add about one cup of marinade to the pan. Bring to a boil. Adjust the heat to low, cover and cook until completely done. Add additional marinade as needed to keep at least one inch of liquid in bottom of pan so the roast will not burn.
• All methods internal temp 195F to pull with fork OR 170F to slice. The time of 7 yours is an estimate. Could be less, could be more.
• Servings based on the size of your ham. Allow about 1/4 to 1/2 pound per person, depending on side dishes.

CLAY POT CUBAN STYLE PORK ROAST

Steps:

• 1. The night before that the pork roast and poke holes all over. Rub the sea salt all over the roast.
• 2. Mix the orange juice, lemon juice, garlic cumin powder and oregano in a food processor. Pour over roast and marinate overnight.
• 3. Soak the clay pot in water for 15 minutes. Place the pork roast in the clay pot. Pour marinade over top. Lay the onions around the roast and throw in the bay leaf.
• 4. Pour the wine and chicken broth over roast.
• 5. Set the clay pot in a cold oven and set the temp to 300 degrees. Bake for 3 hours.
• 6. Remove roast from pot and shred with fork. Place the drippings in a saucepan and bring to a boil and reduce to desired thickness. Serve over pork

CUBAN-STYLE PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Puree garlic, oregano, olive oil, limes, and salt in a blender or food processor.
• Place meat in a roasting pan, and score the fat on top of the pork. Rub garlic mixture all over pork. Cover and refrigerate overnight or up to 24 hours. Flip roast occasionally and redistribute the rub.
• Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Remove meat from refrigerator 30 minutes before cooking. Place pan in the oven, fat side up, and add 1 cup of water to pan. Roast, uncovered, occasionally basting meat with juices and rub and turning pan to promote even cooking. Cook for 6 to 8 hours, until meat easily shreds. Let rest for 15 minutes, then shred and serve.

CUBAN PORK ROAST SANDWICH

Steps:

• Prepare Pork for Slow Cooking (1 day):.
• Combine marinade ingredients.
• Stab the pork all over to allow for better marinade penetration.
• Marinade pork for 12-24 hours.
• Remove from marinade and bring to room temperature (reserve marinade for later).
• Heat large skillet with a small amount of olive oil until smoking hot.
• Sear pork on all sides in skillet.
• Leave the pan alone and keep it for cooking onions later.
• Place pork in roasting pan, and pour marinade into pan (ideally pan should be about 3 inches wider/longer then pork.).
• Loosely tent pan with foil.
• Slow Cook Pork (preferably use Traeger pellet grill):.
• Place in 300 degree oven (or preferably Traeger pellet grill).
• Cook for 2 hours tented.
• Reduce heat to 250.
• Cook for 1 more hour uncovered, basting every 20 minutes with marinade.
• Turn Pork over and cook for 1 more hour, basting every 20 minutes with marinade.
• Your cooking time will vary depending on meat and pan size. Uncovering the pan is done to reduce the marinade. Your goal is to use most of the marinade but not to burn it. You will still have considerable burnt and caramelized pieces at the end of the cooking cycle. Re-cover the pan if necessary, to preserve liquid. The pork should basically fall apart by the end of the cooking cycle.
• Remove pork, cover with foil and let sit for 30 minutes.
• Pull the pork apart into medium sized chunks with claws.
• Aioli (prepare while cooking pork and refrigerate):.
• Soak white bread in vinegar.
• Place it in a kitchen aid mixer with all remaining ingredients EXCEPT olive oil.
• Whip on medium setting until thoroughly blended.
• Slowly drizzle in NON-Extra virgin (regular) Olive Oil. Increase speed of the mixer as it begins to emulsify and turn into a mayonnaise-like consistency.
• Place in refrigerator.
• Caramelize Onions (Prepare while letting the pork rest):.
• Cut onion into thick slices (about 1/2 inch wide).
• Heat pan used for searing pork over Medium/low heat adding a little olive oil.
• Add onion to pan.
• Slowly caramelize onions, stirring occasionally. Onions should be soft and browned, but not burnt.
• Prepare the sandwich:.
• The original used a harder roll sliced completely in half. I use a Bahn Mi roll cut more like a Philly steak sandwich bun. I get my buns at Q Bakery in Columbia City. This allows me to stuff the sandwich and not have a complete mess.
• Cut roll and LIGHTLY toast inside.
• Spread Aioli generously on inside.
• Add some cilantro, a branch of romaine, a few jalapeños, some caramelized onions, and stuff with pork.
• Finally, eat the best sandwich ever.

CUBAN STYLE PORK ROAST WITH MOJO CRIOLLO AKA LECHON ASADO CON MOJO

Steps:

• 1. THE NIGHT BEFORE: For the Mojo: You will need a large bowl. In a large bowl, pour the sour orange juice or lime juice, oregano, salt, pepper, garlic and sliced onion into the bowl and stir.
• 2. Mix the mojo ingredients and let sit for 30 minutes.
• 3. Prepare pork leg by piercing pork with a sharp knife. Place pork leg, fat side up in large pan. Pour Mojo over and around pork, cover in aluminum foil, and let sit in refrigerator overnight. Reserve some of the mojo for basting.
• 4. DAY OF ROASTING: Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• 5. Place the pork in a large open roasting pan with all the Mojo juices. With a large spoon, pour the juices all over the pork.
• 6. Place the pan in the oven and reduce the temperature to 225 degrees F.
• 7. Check pork occasionally and pour Mojo on sides over the roast pork with spoon.
• 8. Using a meat thermometer, check the internal temperature, when it reaches about 195 degrees F, remove the pork from the oven.The outer skin should be a golden brown and crunchy. Place pork in a large serving pan and cover with aluminum foil. Wait a few minutes to let cool down, then either slice or fork shred and serve. Enjoy!

R.B.'S CROCK POT CUBAN PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Trim all external fat from pork roast.
• Slice onions to about 1/8 inch thick slices and place in bottom of crock pot.
• Rub pork roast with garlic powder on all sides and place on top of onions.
• Mix 5 ounces of marinade with 1/3 cup of water and pour around roast.
• Spread minced garlic evenly over top of roast.
• Cover and cook for 4 1/2 hours on high or 8 - 9 hours on low until meat has seperated from the bone.
• Remove pork from crock pot and shred with 2 forks.
• Remove onions with sloted spoon and place over shredded pork.
• Serve over white rice.
• Serve remainder of the bottle of marinade to drizzle over pork.

LECHÓN ASADO -- ROAST PORK CUBAN-STYLE

Steps:

• Mash the garlic, salt, and peppercorns together with a mortar and pestle. Add dried oregano, onion, and the sour orange to make a mash -- mix thoroughly. Heat the olive oil in a 2-quart saucepan until hot, but NOT deep frying hot! We're looking for something in the neighborhood of 220 degrees F. Remove the saucepan from the heat source. Carefully add the mash to the hot oil and whisk gently. Let cool. Pierce the pork as many times as you can with a sharp knife or fork. Pour garlic mixture (save a little for roasting) over pork, cover and let sit in refrigerator for 2-3 hours or preferably overnight. To roast in the oven, preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Place the fresh ham or pork shoulder, fattest side up, in an open roasting pan. Place pan in oven and reduce temperature to 225 degrees F. Spoon extra marinade over the roast occasionally as it cooks. Using a meat thermometer, roast should be removed from the oven when the internal temperature reaches 195 degrees F. -- for fork tender, "pulled-pork" quality. (If you want a roast you can slice, remove when the internal temperature reaches 170 degrees F.) Immediately cover with foil and let rest for at least 10 minutes before slicing and serving.

PIERNA ASADA A LA CRIOLLA--CUBAN PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Rinse pork roast and pat dry. With the tip of a small knife, prick all over roast, lightly. Place on glass or ceramic baking dish.
• In a medium bowl, combine orange juice with garlic, the salt and spices.Cover roast with this mixture. Layer the onion rings on top of roast.
• Cover baking dish with plastic wrap and marinate roast in the refrigerator overnight, at least 8 hours.
• Remove roast from refrigerator and let sit at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Place roast in oven (remove plastic wrap) and roast for 4 hours, approximately, or until internal temperature reaches 185Fdegrees. Baste occasionally with pan juices. (Cover with foil is roast begins to brown too quickly).
• Let roast rest, loosely covered, for 15 minutes before carving.

CUBAN-STYLE ROAST PORK SHOULDER

Steps:

• 1. Combine: Garlic, Cumin, Pepper, Oregano, OJ, Lime Juice and olive oil. Season with salt. Transfer half to a sealed container and refigerate. Pour rest into zip lock bag with pork and marinate overnight.
• 2. Adjust oven rack to low position. Line rimmed baking sheet with double layer of foil. Place pork and juices on foil and fold and seal. Roast at 325 for 3 hours.
• 3. Fold back foil, increase temp to 325, baste and roast 2-3 more hours.

CUBAN ROAST PORK WITH POTATOES

Steps:

• Combine first 9 ingredients to make a marinade for the pork roast. Marinate the pork in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours before cooking.
• Place pork and marinade in a covered baking dish. Add potatoes, onions and green olives. Bake at 300 F for 4 hours.
• Stir part way through to submerge potatoes.
• Serve with black beans and rice. Plantains too!

CUBAN PORK ROAST II

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix together crushed garlic, rosemary, dill, oregano, and red wine. Place roast in a large plastic or glass container, pour wine mixture over meat, and cover. Marinate overnight in refrigerator.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Transfer meat to a Dutch oven. Make eight to ten 1 inch deep cuts into the meat with a sharp knife. Insert a whole peeled garlic clove into each hole. Pour marinade over meat, and cover.
• Roast for 35 minutes per pound, or until an instant read thermometer inserted into the center of the roast registers 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).

PASEO CUBAN ROAST PORK SANDWICH RECIPE

Steps:

• Make the pork: combine the mango juice, orange juice, olive oil, lime juice, chopped garlic, oregano, salt, pepper and rum in a large vessel or zip lock Place the pork in the bag and marinate for a minimum of 3 hours (but you'd do well to do 12 or 24 hrs). When the pork is ready, save the marinade and preheat the oven to 300F. Sear the meat on all sides in a lightly greased frying pan or skillet until its nicely browned. Remove the pork to a baking dish (BUT DONT WASH THE SKILLET/PAN save it for later) and pour the marinade into the baking dish. Tent the meat with foil and bake for 2 hours. The original recipe said 45 mins, but that didn't get me to the fall apart texture. REmove the foil and cook uncovered for another 2 hours, basting the meat with the marinade every 15 mins and turning the meat after an hour. Remove from the oven when the meat is fork-tender and comes off the bone easily. Shred the pork with two forks. MAKE THE GARLIC MAYO: while the pork is cooking in the oven, slice the top off the garlic bulb and place it in a small baking dish or on a piece of foil that has been pulled up at the edges (to form a bowl). Drizzle a little olive oil over the top and bake in the oven (next to the pork) for thirty mins or until the garlic is soft. Peel the skins off the garlic cloves and mash the garlic into a paste. Combine the garlic with the mayo, olive oil, lime juice and pickle relish. Stir until blended. CARAMELIZE THE ONIONS: peel and slice the onions into 1/4 inch strips. Heat a little olive oil on a medium flame in the same pan you used to sear the pork. When the oil is hot, add the onions and cook for 15-20 mins, stirring occasionally to prevent burning. Remove from heat when the onions are caramelized. ASSEMBLE THE GOODNESS: cut an 8 inch long piece of baguette or other similarly shaped bread that has a nice, crusty outside and soft, chewy inside. Slice it in half, lengthwise. Spread garlic mayo on both pieces of bread and bake or toast in the oven until the mayo starts to bubble and puff. REmove from the oven. Layer the pork, onions, lettuce, cilantro, pickled jalapenos, and more garlic mayo on one piece of the bread. top with the other half of the bread and serve. The pork can probably yield a dozen sandwiches.