Mojo Marinade - great for chicken and pork! The marinade is super simple to make. Mojo Pork Shoulder. 

Recipe:

3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

1 Tablespoon orange zest

3/4 cup fresh orange juice

1/2 cup lime juice

1 cup cilantro finely chopped

1/4 cup lightly packed mint leaves finely chopped

8 garlic cloves minced

1 Tablespoon minced oregano

5 pound pork shoulder or 5lb chicken

I chose to blend all of my ingredients together because when I was pressing the lime juice, I knocked over my measuring cup (watch out Food Network) and lost a bunch of juice, so I threw some lime rinds into the blender along with the rest of the ingredients to try to help give it more lime flavor.  And it worked!!

I doubled the recipe because I did 10 pounds of pork.  Marinate the pork (you can do bone in or boneless) for at least 12 hours.  You can put the pork in a roasting pan with the marinade and roast at 350 degrees until the pork temperature is 145 then let sit for 10 minutes before slicing OR, what I did was put the roasts in a cast iron dutch oven, cook low and slow at 180 degrees in the oven for for 8-10 hours until the shoulder/butt fell apart.  You can serve this with your favorite sides, rice and beans are always a favorite, and corn.

The leftover pork is great heated and served on a warm tortilla topped with a light vinegar based slaw and a little bit of fresh squeezed lime. It’s a quick and easy lunch wrap or served with refried beans, an easy dinner. The marinade is light enough in flavor that you can also easliy add taco seasoning to the pork and make carnitas!

Enjoy,

Jennie

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