Cuba

Lechón asado

Name: Lechón asado
Total time: 4 h 30 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Cuban
Ingredients: 1.5 kg shoulder pork; 1 head crushed garlic; 3/4 cup orange juice; 1/4 cup lime lemon juice; 1 tsp cumin powder (ground cumin); 1 tbsp dried oregano; 2 sliced onion; 2 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 2 bay leaf (indian bay leaf); Salt, to taste

Pork shoulder marinated overnight in garlicky sour orange mojo and roasted until it falls apart.

270 minTime

33 gProtein each

mildSpice

Nochebuena roast1 chapter · 1 min read

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Grandma's wayCuban roast pork with mojo.

The original

531kcalsame

33 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

270minutessame

Lechón asado.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Pork1.5 kg shoulder

Garlic1 head, crushed

Orange juice¾ cup

Lemon juice¼ cup lime

Cumin powder (ground cumin)1 tsp

Dried oregano1 tbsp

Onion2, sliced

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp

Bay leaf (indian bay leaf)2

Saltto taste

Method

5 steps

1Crush garlic with salt, cumin and oregano, then mix with orange, lime and oil.
2Make deep cuts in the pork, rub with mojo and marinate overnight with onion and bay.
3Roast covered at 160°C for 3 1/2 hours.
4Uncover, raise to 220°C for 20 minutes to crisp the top.
5Rest 15 minutes and pull apart, pouring over the pan juices.

Serve it like this

Pile pulled pork on a platter with onions and juices, and serve with moros y cristianos, yuca con mojo and plantains.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Cuba

Lechón asado

Pork shoulder marinated overnight in garlicky sour orange mojo and roasted until it falls apart.

270 minTime

33 gProtein each

mildSpice

Nochebuena roast1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayCuban roast pork with mojo.

The original

531kcalsame

33 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

270minutessame

Lechón asado.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Pork1.5 kg shoulder

Garlic1 head, crushed

Orange juice¾ cup

Lemon juice¼ cup lime

Cumin powder (ground cumin)1 tsp

Dried oregano1 tbsp

Onion2, sliced

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp

Bay leaf (indian bay leaf)2

Saltto taste

Method

5 steps

1Crush garlic with salt, cumin and oregano, then mix with orange, lime and oil.
2Make deep cuts in the pork, rub with mojo and marinate overnight with onion and bay.
3Roast covered at 160°C for 3 1/2 hours.
4Uncover, raise to 220°C for 20 minutes to crisp the top.
5Rest 15 minutes and pull apart, pouring over the pan juices.

Serve it like this

Pile pulled pork on a platter with onions and juices, and serve with moros y cristianos, yuca con mojo and plantains.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Lechón asado

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Lechón asado

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