Robert T
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Ok auto spell check changed my title from Lechon Asado. Be aware no leeches were harmed in the creation of this meal. So anyway I wanted to cook something different and had a blast researching this Cuban dish which is traditionally prepared on Christmas Eve and involves a whole pig. Plenty of recipes on the internet to make it with a pork roast rather than a whole hog. I chose a picnic roast because it has skin, like a whole hog. So grab yourself a cuba libre and enjoy!
Ingredients
Prepared a marinade with sour orange juice, a ton of garlic and spices. Cut one inch slits in the roast and rubbed the marinade thoroughly in and then put in a plastic bag to sit overnight in the fridge.
Took the roast out in the morning and into my grill for a long cook. No wood chunks applied. Thought I should use lump for authenticity but settled on Kingsford for consistency.
Cracked the lid at 3 hours to rotate the roast, basted with the mojo and check charcoal usage.
Cracked the lid again after 6 hours for the same reasons.
In the You Tube video I watched on this they flipped the pig over at the midway point. So what the heck, I flipped the pig and gave it a shot of mojo.
My daughter helping prepare the black beans and rice.
The roast off the grill at 195 degrees after 9.5 hours.
Frying plantains
Ingredients
Prepared a marinade with sour orange juice, a ton of garlic and spices. Cut one inch slits in the roast and rubbed the marinade thoroughly in and then put in a plastic bag to sit overnight in the fridge.
Took the roast out in the morning and into my grill for a long cook. No wood chunks applied. Thought I should use lump for authenticity but settled on Kingsford for consistency.
Cracked the lid at 3 hours to rotate the roast, basted with the mojo and check charcoal usage.
Cracked the lid again after 6 hours for the same reasons.
In the You Tube video I watched on this they flipped the pig over at the midway point. So what the heck, I flipped the pig and gave it a shot of mojo.
My daughter helping prepare the black beans and rice.
The roast off the grill at 195 degrees after 9.5 hours.
Frying plantains
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