When it comes to roast pork, Latin America excels in the variety of succulent preparations enjoyed throughout the region. Two of the most iconic preparations, slow-roasted Puerto Rican pernil and ...

Cook the roast. Roast the pernil for 4 to 5 hours until golden-brown and tender with crispy skin. Although pernil is a low-and-slow-cooked roast, it’s not meant to be falling off the bone.

Read more: The 10 Best BBQ Sauces For Pork Although pernil is the Spanish word for leg (specifically the upper leg or haunch of the animal), this slow-cooked pork roast can be made with leg ...