Mojo Marinated Pork

Recipe courtesy Bobby Flay, 2007

Show: Throwdown with Bobby FlayEpisode: Cuban Roast Pork

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (12)

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Cook Time:
2 hr 45 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
8 sservings

Times:

Prep: 40 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 2 hr 45 min
Total:: 3 hr 25 min

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Ingredients

4 1/2 cups fresh orange juice, divided
1 1/4 cups fresh lime juice, divided
1 orange, zested
1 lime, zested
1/2 cup finely chopped fresh oregano, divided
12 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
1/2 cup olive oil
1 bone-in pork shoulder (about 4 to 6-pounds), trimmed of excess fat
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Mojo Dipping Sauce, recipe follows
Plantains with Rum and Brown Sugar, recipe follows

Directions

Combine 4 cups of the orange juice and 1 cup of the lime juice and zest in a large saucepan over high heat and reduce to 2 cups. Remove from the heat and stir in the remaining orange juice and lime juice add a few cloves of garlic and 1/4 cup of the oregano. Let cool to room temperature.

Using a paring knife, make small slits over the entire surface of the pork and rub the garlic into the slashes. Whisk together the oil and remaining 1/4 cup of the oregano in a large roasting pan, add the pork and turn to coat, cover and let marinate in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours and up to 24 hours.

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.

Remove the pork from the refrigerator 30 minutes before roasting. Season the pork with salt and pepper and cook for 30 minutes. Reduce the heat to 375 degrees F and continue roasting, basting with the marinade during the last 30 minutes of roasting until golden brown and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reaches 150 degrees F. Remove from the oven, baste with any remaining glaze, tent loosely and let rest 15 minutes before slicing.

Mojo Dipping Sauce:

8 cloves garlic

1 serrano chile, chopped

3 tablespoons chopped cilantro leaves

Salt

1/2 cup orange juice

1/4 cup lime juice

1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

Using a mortar and pestle, mash the garlic, serrano, cilantro and a few pinches of salt until it becomes a paste. Add the orange juice, lime juice and oil and stir to combine.

Plantains with Rum and Brown Sugar:

4 tablespoons unsalted butter

1/2 cup light brown muscavado sugar

3 ripe plantains, peeled and sliced on the bias into 1/2-inch thick slices

1/2 cup dark rum

Heat butter in a large saute pan over high heat. Add the sugar and cook until melted. Add the plantains and cook until soft and heated through. Remove pan from the heat, add the rum, return to the heat and cook until the alcohol has reduced.

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recipe Mojo Marinated Pork
jody berlin, MA 09-28-2009
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Awful lot of work for Awful results
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I followed this recipe exactly. I made the roast pork, the plantains and the mojo sauce as well. The pork was dry and tough -... the flavors did not permeate at all. I was hoping it would at least look like the dish pictured here, nice piles of moist, tender, golden seasoned meat. Nope. The plantains were beautiful but tasted bad, the mojo was interesting but didn't help the pork! Still love ya Bobby.Read more
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Bernalee Claremont, CA 08-09-2009
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Hopefully wonderful.
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Trusting that this iwonderful, still marinating. Read the reviews to fully understand the recipe. Unclear as to the orange... mixture used to marinate along with the olive oil and oregano mixture. This a.m. put the orange juice, etc on the roast to marinade for 3 hrs before cooking. Will cook as said to 160 degrees for around 3 hrs. My son's Cuban Birthday dinner should be a great success!Read more
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Stacy Fort Smith, AR 01-12-2009
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EXCELLENT
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is my first review of a recipe since being a member it seems like, 10 years...anyway, this is the BEST pork roast prep... I've tried. The sauce is amazing and would be great on grilled chicken as well. Bobby is an awesome chef and I haven't found a recipe yet of his that doesn't work. The recipe how written may be confusing, as the marinade is only the oregano, oil, and garlic in the slits of the meat. The orange and lime is the glaze the last 30 mins. :) enjoyRead more
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Lilian san diego, CA 05-01-2008
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Yummy!!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I have never done a pork roast so I was kind of nervous of doing this. Came out good but the temperature of 150 I think is a... misprint. It should be 160, IMPORTANT!!!! At first taste the dipping sauce I wasn't sure about, but then I wasn't eating the meat without it!! I covered top of roast towards the end of cooking.Read more
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Alicia Allison Park, PA 04-02-2008
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Marindae
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

To the previous reviewer, I would guess that you use the citrux mixture with the olive oil for the marinade. I think that... because it later says "Reduce the heat to 375 degrees F and continue roasting, basting with the marinade during the last 30 minutes..." So the basting sauce and marinade is the same thing. I would combine the reduced juices with the olive oil and oregano.Read more
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Marcia Aledo, TX 02-10-2008
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Good Question about the marinade
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

I'd like t know too! Did you marinate the port in the citrus or just glaze the roast with it?