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Rockin’ Roast Pork Shoulder with Spanish Rice

By Paula Deen

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Difficulty: Medium

Prep time: 35 minutes

Cook time: 15 minutes

Servings: 200

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Ingredients

Rockin' Roast Pork Shoulder

  • 1 (5-lb) pork shoulder
  • 12 whole cloves garlic, slightly smashed
  • 3 envelopes (1 1/2 tablespoons) sazon seasoning
  • 1 tablespoon adobo seasoning

Sofrito

  • 1 green pepper, minced
  • 1 onion, minced
  • 1/2 bunch cilantro, chopped
  • 1/4 cup olive oil

Spanish Rice

  • 2 tablespoons sofrito
  • 1/4 cup diced pork
  • 1/4 cup onions, diced
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 cups long grain rice
  • 4 cups water
  • 1 (16 oz) can pigeon peas
  • 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped to garnish

Directions

Sofrito

In a food processor add green pepper, onion and cilantro. Pour in oil and mix well. Set aside 2 tablespoons for Spanish rice.

Cook’s Note: Can keep in the refrigerator for up to 10 days.

Preheat oven to 300 °F.

Rockin' Roast Pork Shoulder

Cut off 2-slices (about 1/4-cup) of pork and set aside for Spanish rice.

Make at least 12-slits in pork with the tip of a very sharp knife. Put 1 clove of garlic in each slit. In a small bowl, mix together the sazon and adobo seasonings. Add 1/4-cup sofrito and stir together. Rub over entire pork shoulder.

Place pork in large roasting pan, wrap with foil and cook for 3 hours. Remove the foil and crank oven up to 400 °F and let cook additional 20 minutes until desired crispness.

 

Spanish Rice

In large saucepan on high heat, saute onions and reserved pork in the butter until lightly browned. Add sazon, adobo, rice, water and reserved sofrito. * Cook’s Note: Do not stir at any point.

Cook about 10 minutes on high or until the water begins to evaporate to almost the level of the rice. Add pigeon peas and cilantro. Cover with lid, reduce heat to low and let cook until water is totally evaporated and rice is tender. Remove from heat.

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Erin Harrington

August 25, 2013
I made this for my family tonight, and it was a huge hit! Even my 8 & 2 year old loved it! I have to admit, I was a little leery of trying it (I'm not a huge fan a pork), but I was pleasantly surprised. I love to be adventurous in the kitchen and try new foods. It's always a great reward when it ends up being so delicious!

Cassie

October 04, 2010
YUM!! The biggest problem I had was finding Adobo spice in our relatively small town. Went to three stores and finally found it in the natural food section and paid an arm and leg for it. I agree the recipe leaves out a few steps but luckily I was watching Paula's Best Dishes this morning and this is what she and "Big Daddy" were making so I had the advantage of having watched them prepare this dish. It definately helped! I will certainly make it again but will use a leaner cut of meat. The roast was extremely greasy but boy did it taste good! We will have to try the rice tomorrow since it took a lotlonger to cook than the recipe says and the aroma from the roast was just too wonderful...we couldn't wait and ate it without the rice.

Cassie

July 01, 2010
This is seriously a Typical Puerrto Rican dinner! This is almost EXACTLY how my mother, who's from the island, makes it, down to those nasty little pigeon beans lol. This is my "go to" recipe for company because it is just so easy, and being puerto rican, i almost always have sofrito already made and on hand. Speaking of sofrito, try adding about a head of garlic to it, sooooo good. :) and it can be used on chicken breasts as a quick dinner, just pour it on and sautee away :)

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