Cañón de Cerdo (Colombian-Style Pork Loin Roast)
Ingredients
- 5 pounds pork loin roast
- 6 scallions diced
- 1 tablespoon ground achiote
- 3 teaspoons ground cumin
- 10 garlic cloves
- 2 yellow onions diced
- 5 cups of beer
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 bay leafs
Instructions
- Place the scallions, achiote, cumin, onions, garlic and 2 cups of beer and blend until smooth.
- Add the marinade evenly over the pork and cover.
- Let the pork marinate in the refrigerator for 1 to 2 days.
- Pre-heat the oven to 300 degrees F, bake for about 3 hours, turning the pork roast over after 1 hour to brown the other side. Baste with the remaining beer and vegetable oil, about 5 times throughout the cooking time.
- Remove from the oven and place on a cutting board. Cover with aluminum foil and allow to rest for 10 minutes. Slice the pork thinly and serve with your favorite side dishes.
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This Cañon de Cerdo is a popular Colombian dish from my hometown of Antioquia. It is usually made for dinner parties, especially during the holidays and trust me, it will be the star of your dinner table!
I used my grandmother's marinade recipe for this dish. Mamita was always very particular about the marinade she used and the time in which the meat or poultry was marinated. It was important to me to be sure I followed her recipe when it came to the marinade instructions.
Mamita often talked to me about the basics of Colombian cooking, including marinades, and her food was always very tasty. So that's to Mamita for this one!
Buen provecho!
Erica
Thank you guys!
Marce
Hola Erica!! El cañón es mi comida preferida!! Había pensado en hacer tu cañón con caramelo para el 24 pero ahora estoy indecisa con esta receta... Tengo una duda con la cebolla: he visto que en algunas recetas usas "green onion" que quiere decir? Es la cebolla larga? Y "escallions" que es? Y aquí que dices "yellow onion" que cebolla es?
Gracias!
P.D: te volviste mi compañera inseparable...cada que voy a cocinar me llevo el iPad para la cocina y veo tu como haces la receta que quiero hacer!
Erica
Hola Marce, Green onion or scallion is "Cebolla larga o de rama"
You can use yellow onion or white onion "Cebolla regular o de huevo"
Si tienes más preguntas dejame saber!
norma
Great recipe. I love my puerquito any way I can get it.
The best to you and your "familia".
Barbara
Delicious, Erica. I never think to use pork over the holidays!
Ivy
This looks delicious Erica and would love to try something different for a change. Guess what? I'v had Mama Sita's Achuete - Achiote Annato Powder for a while now in my spice drawer and hadn't decided how to use it until now. Happy Holidays.
Lyndsey
We love pork roast and this one looks perfect. Love recipes from the heart, which is usually grandma's recipes! I have some dried chipotle ready to be ground, and I know they would love to be apart of this fantastic dish!
Angie@Angiesrecipes
This looks so dang succulent and mouthwatering!
Joan Nova
Nice recipe Erica...thanks for sharing it.
Best wishes to you and your family.
Joanne
With that awesome marinade, I know this must be delicious!
Jeannie
Definitely my kind of food! I love the look of this pork loin of yours! Yummy!
Belinda @zomppa
Thanks to grandma for this wonderful recipe!
Chris
Had to tweet this one, Erica. I'll definitely be trying it!
Claudia
I have noted this for holiday week. Have a few pork roasts waiting... for beer marinade!
blackbookkitchendiaries
this dish sounds lovely and very flavorful! thank you for sharing this and have a great weekend.
Karen
I like to marinate meat in beer. Pork is one of my favorites - this sounds delicious!
Sandi
Erica that looks wonderful but what is achiote? I don't know if I can get that in my supermarket so could I substitute something else?
Erica
Hi sandy,
Here is the link with the info about achiote. https://www.mycolombianrecipes.com/achiote-oil-aceite-de-achiote/
If you don't find it...use food color or sazón Goya with azafrán.
Sandi
Thanks Erica.....I do have that Goya with azafran so I will use that. Thanks again and have a great weekend