LECHóN ASADO

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Categories     Roast     Dinner     Marinate     Pork     Christmas

Number Of Ingredients 8

8 pounds Pork Leg - Bone in
1 head Garlic
1 teaspoon Dried Oregano
1 teaspoon Dried Ground Cumin
1 Onion
3/4 cup Sour Orange Juice*
1/2 teaspoon Black ground Pepper
2 tablespoons Kosher Salt

Steps:

  • *Note: Sour Oranges are a special fruit you can get from many Hispanic markets or some produce sections. If you can't mix 1/2 orange juice with 1/2 lemon juice or look for Goya naranja agria
  • Perforate Pork leg several times with a sharp knife to the bone, set aside in a sufficiently large roasting pan.
  • Pound the garlic to remove all the cloves and mince it.
  • In a bowl add minced garlic, salt, pepper, oregano, cumin and sour orange juice. Mix together.
  • Push the mixture of garlic and spices into the perforations in the pork and pour the reamainder over the pork.
  • Peel and slice the onion and cover the pork leg with the slices.
  • Cover the pork with foil or cling wrap and allow to sit in refrigerator for a minimum of 12 hours, overnight or longer.
  • All above can be done a day ahead.
  • Preheat oven to 325F and bake pork on a center rack for 4 hours or until internal temperature is 170 degrees.

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