Spicy Pork Shoulder Roast and Sofrito Rice
Recipe from
Ladies' Home Journal
The sofrito is delicious with this roasted pork but it would also be a flavorful addition to soup, pasta sauce, or salsa.

Servings:
8 servings
Prep Time:
30 mins
Total Time:
4 hrs 30 mins
Ingredients
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1 (7 to 8 lbs.)bone-in pork arm picnic shoulder with skinsee savings

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1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoonchopped garlicsee savings

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3/4 cupfresh lime juicesee savings

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3 tablespoonscoarsely chopped fresh oregano or 1 tablespoon dried, crumbledsee savings

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1 tablespoonground cuminsee savings

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2 tablespoonscoarse saltsee savings

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2 tablespoonsolive oil, plus additional for pansee savings

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1/4 cupcider vinegarsee savings

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1 cupchopped onionsee savings

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1red bell pepper, choppedsee savings

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1/2 cupchopped fresh cilantrosee savings

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2 cupswhite ricesee savings

Directions
1.
Let pork stand at room temperature 30 minutes.
2.
Pulse 1/3 cup garlic, 1/4 cup juice, oregano, cumin, and salt together in a food processor until mixture is almost smooth.
3.
Preheat oven to 375 degree F. Lightly oil a large heavy roasting pan. Rinse and pat pan and cut 1-inch slits in top, about 2 inches apart. Pour garlic mixture over pork and, with fingers, push some of mixture into slits. Pour 1/4 cup juice and 1/4 cup water around pork in pan. Cover with heavy-duty aluminum foil, tenting in center so it is not touching pork, and seal edges around sides of pan. Roast pork in middle of oven 30 minutes.
4.
Carefully lift 1 corner of foil, avoiding steam, and pour in remaining 1/4 cup juice and the vinegar. Reseal and roast, basting once, 2 hours (adding water, as needed, to bottom of pan if dry).
5.
Remove foil and baste pork with pan juices. Roast, uncovered, until pork is fork-tender and skin is crisp, 1 to 1-1/4 hours more. Transfer pork in pan to rack; let stand 15 minutes before carving into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
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Meanwhile, to make sofrito, pulse onion, bell pepper, cilantro, and remaining 1 tablespoon garlic together in a food processor until smooth. Heat oil in a large saucepan over moderate heat. Add onion mixture and cook, stirring, 2 minutes. Transfer to a serving bowl, leaving 1/3 cup sofrito in saucepan (reserve sofrito in bowl for sauce). Add 3-1/4 cups water to sofrito in saucepan and bring to boil; stir in rice. Immediately reduce heat to low, cover, and cook 20 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand, covered, 5 minutes. Fluff rice with a fork and season with salt before serving.
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Serve pork with sofrito rice, sauce, and pan juices. Makes 8 servings.
Nutrition information
Calories 1070, Total Fat 73.5 g, Saturated Fat 25.5 g, Cholesterol 224 mg, Sodium 1319 mg, Carbohydrate 46 g, Fiber 2 g, Protein 55 g. Daily Values: Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 0%, Iron 0%.
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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