Rockin' Roast Pork Shoulder with Spanish Rice

Paula Deen

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

Show: Paula's Best DishesEpisode: Big Bites

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Total Time:
4 hr 20 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
4 hr 0 min
Yield:
4 to 5 servings
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

Sofrito:

  • 1 green pepper, minced
  • 1 onion, minced
  • 1/2 bunch cilantro, chopped
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1 (5-pound) pork shoulder
  • 12 whole garlic cloves, slightly smash
  • 3 envelops (1 1/2 tablespoons) sazon seasoning
  • 1 tablespoon adobo seasoning
  • 1/4 cup sofrito, recipe follows

Spanish Rice:

  • 1/4 cup diced pork
  • 1/4 cup diced onions
  • 2 tablespoon butter
  • 2 envelopes (1 tablespoon) sazon seasoning
  • 1 tablespoon adobo seasoning
  • 2 cups long-grain rice
  • 4 cups water
  • 2 tablespoons sofrito
  • 1 (16-ounce) can pigeon peas
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro leaves, to garnish

Directions

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 degrees F.

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 degrees F and let cook additional 20 minutes until desired crispness.

For the 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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  • on February 19, 2012

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    Very tasty! The meat was wonderfully tender. 3 hours at 300 and then 20 minutes at 400 was perfect. Made both recipes exactly as written. Purchased Sazon seasoning by Goya (found in the latin isle at the grocery store which has MSG. Next time, I will make my own Sazon seasoning as I can taste the MSG in the food. To speed things up, I may also buy premade Sofrito sauce which is also available in a jar in the latin food isle. This is now a keeper in weekly dinner planner.

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  • on December 27, 2011

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    very very good

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  • on October 03, 2011

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    The prep was very easy considering my grocery store had everything I needed. And as the meat roasted the smell was incredible! My roast was 5.8 lbs and took over 4 hours to cook. Needless to say Dinner was not at 6:30 as planned.Thankfully, my guests were gracious. Finally, when we sat down, everyone said it was worth the wait. I wonder if I turned up the temp for next time if it would be ok. Suggestions??

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