Best 4 Puerto Rican Fried Pork Chunks Recipes

CARNE FRITA (FRIED PORK CHUNKS)

Steps:

• Rinse meat add vinegar, garlic, adobo, oregano, and olive oil. Let marinate 2 hours or overnight.
• Deep fry at 350 degrees in medium sized batches till done , about 10 -12 minutes. Drain and serve.

PUERTO RICAN FRIED PORK CHOPS (CHULETAS FRITAS)

Steps:

• Mash garlic and oregano in a mortar and pestle.
• Add 2 tablespoons of oil to garlic and oregano. Stir ingredients together. Note: If you do not have a mortar and pestle you can add ingredients to a small food chopper to blend together or finely mince garlic with a knife.
• Rinse pork chops and lay them on a cutting board or plate. Top all pork chops with a teaspoon of the garlic and oregano mix.
• With your fingers or using a spoon, spread garlic all over the surface of pork chops. Repeat process on the other side of pork chops.
• Now, sprinkle all pork chops with adobo on both sides. Followed with paprika on both sides. Set chops aside.
• In a large skillet, over medium high heat, add about a ¼-⅓ cup of oil.
• When oil has heated through, carefully add 2 or 3 pork chops.Do not overcrowd pan.
• Depending on how thick your pork chops are, cook on one side for about 5-7 minutes.
• Using a fork, flip over to other side and cook for an additional 5-7 minutes.Pork chops should be done.

FRIED PORK CHUNKS (MASITAS DE PUERCO FRITAS)

Steps:

• Sprinkle the meat liberally with salt and pepper. I.
• In a mortar, crush the garlic into a paste and rub the pork with the garlic paste.
• Place the pork in a nonreactive bowl and pour over the orange juice.
• Cover and refrigerate 2 to 3 hours.
• Drain the pork cubes.
• In a large saucepan, over medium heat, heat 2 inches of oil until very hot but not smoking, then add the pork cubes, without crowding them, raise the heat to high, and brown the cubes, turning with a slotted spoon. (The pork will release some moisture, lowering the oil temperature considerably.)
• When oil temperature rises again, lower the heat a little and cook the cubes, turning frequently, until they are a rich, golden brown, another 10 minutes.
• Occasionally turn up the heat when necessary to crisp the cubes.
• As the cubes are finished, transfer them to a paper-towel-lined platter to drain; keep warm in a 200ºF oven until all the cubes are fried. (Placing the chunks in oven will make them nice and crispy).
• Serve immediately, with Moros y Cristianos (Black Beans and Rice) and Mojo Criollo (Creole Garlic Sauce).

DADDY EDDIE'S ROAST PORK (PERNIL), PUERTO RICAN-STYLE

Steps:

• Combine olive oil, vinegar, garlic, oregano, salt, and black pepper in a mortar and pestle; mash into a paste.
• Make deep slits into the pork with a small knife. Stuff slits with the paste; rub any remaining paste over the pork.
• Place pork in a plastic roasting bag and put in a roasting pan with a rack. Let marinate in the refrigerator, 8 to 48 hours.
• Take pork out of the refrigerator, uncover, and bring to room temperature, 1 to 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Roast pork skin-side down in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 2 hours. Flip pork and continue roasting, skin-side up, until juices run clear and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reads at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C), 2 to 4 hours more.