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CARNE MECHADA (PUERTO RICAN STYLE POT ROAST)

Steps:

• Rinse beef roast and gently poke a few holes into the meat with a knife.Place in instant pot.
• Put all ingredients for the marinade into a blender and blend until smooth.Pour marinade over beef. Flip over and make sure marinade gets on both sides.
• Add the sofrito, adobo seasoning, chicken bouillon powder, red wine, vinegar, water and bay leaf to pot.
• Marinade beef for 30 minutes or overnight in the refrigerator.

PERFECT POT ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F.
• Generously salt and pepper the chuck roast.
• Heat the olive oil in large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the halved onions to the pot, browning them on both sides. Remove the onions to a plate.
• Throw the carrots into the same very hot pot and toss them around a bit until slightly browned, about a minute or so. Reserve the carrots with the onions.
• If needed, add a bit more olive oil to the very hot pot. Place the meat in the pot and sear it for about a minute on all sides until it is nice and brown all over. Remove the roast to a plate.
• With the burner still on high, use either red wine or beef broth (about 1 cup) to deglaze the pot, scraping the bottom with a whisk. Place the roast back into the pot and add enough beef stock to cover the meat halfway.
• Add in the onions and the carrots, along with the fresh herbs.
• Put the lid on, then roast for 3 hours for a 3-pound roast. For a 4 to 5-pound roast, plan on 4 hours. The roast is ready when it's fall-apart tender.

DADDY EDDIE'S ROAST PORK (PERNIL), PUERTO RICAN-STYLE

Steps:

• Combine olive oil, vinegar, garlic, oregano, salt, and black pepper in a mortar and pestle; mash into a paste.
• Make deep slits into the pork with a small knife. Stuff slits with the paste; rub any remaining paste over the pork.
• Place pork in a plastic roasting bag and put in a roasting pan with a rack. Let marinate in the refrigerator, 8 to 48 hours.
• Take pork out of the refrigerator, uncover, and bring to room temperature, 1 to 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Roast pork skin-side down in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 2 hours. Flip pork and continue roasting, skin-side up, until juices run clear and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reads at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C), 2 to 4 hours more.

PUERTO RICAN POT ROAST

Steps:

• Make a deep cut with a sharp knife across the meat.
• Combine salt pork, capers, oregano and vinegar with half the peppers, chilies and onions.
• Add 1 T oil.
• Pound into a smooth mixture and stuff this mixture into the cut in the roast.
• Melt lard in large saucepan and brown meat on all sides over high heat for 10 minutes.
• Add water, salt and remaining peppers, chilies and onions.
• Bring to a boil and simmer over moderate heat for 2 to 2 and 1/4 hours.
• Add potatoes, tomato and tomato puree, mixed with the rest of the olive oil.
• Stir into pot.
• Bring back into boil and cook, uncovered, for 30 minutes or until potatoes are soft and the sauce thickens.

INSTANT POT PUERTO RICAN PERNIL

Steps:

• Place half the garlic cloves, onion, grapefruit juice, oregano, 1 tablespoon oil, serrano pepper, if desired, cumin and salt in a food processor; process until mostly smooth. Reserve 6 tablespoons marinade for serving., Pour remaining marinade into a shallow dish. Cut slits into roast; insert remaining garlic cloves. Place pork in dish; turn to coat. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour and up to 12 hours. Cover and refrigerate reserved 6 Tablespoons marinade., Drain pork, reserving marinade in dish. Select saute or browning setting on a 6-qt. electric pressure cooker. Adjust for medium heat; add remaining 2 tablespoons oil. When oil is hot, brown roast on all sides; remove roast. Add broth to pressure cooker. Cook 1 minute, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Press cancel., Add marinade from marinade dish and return roast to pan. Lock lid; close pressure-release valve. Adjust to pressure-cook on high for 60 minutes. Allow pressure to release naturally for 10 minutes; quick-release any remaining pressure., Pull pork apart in large chunks. Serve with rice, tortillas, lime wedges and reserved marinade.