Pork Shoulder Roast Recipe

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: white sugar

Honey adds sweetness with fewer calories.

apple cider vinegar

🥗Healthier: lemon juice

💰Cheaper: white vinegar

Lemon juice provides acidity at a lower cost.

chicken broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water + bouillon

Vegetable broth is lower in calories and can be made easily.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Canola oil is a more affordable cooking oil.

Pour 1 cup of orange juice into a blender.

Add white vinegar, oyster sauce, 2 garlic cloves, and half a red onion cut smaller to the blender.

Blend until the mixture is pureed to create the wet marinade.

In a bowl, combine garlic powder, onion powder, salt, black pepper, and cumin to make the dry rub.

Prepare the pork shoulder by trimming excess fat; it should weigh about 5.5 pounds.

Pour about half of the wet marinade over the pork shoulder.

Sprinkle about half of the dry rub over the pork shoulder.

Place the pork in a roasting pan and put it in the oven at 375°F.

After 3 hours, remove the pork from the oven.

Pour the remaining half of the wet marinade over the pork, ensuring it's well coated.

Add the remaining dry rub to the pork and move it around to ensure seasoning penetrates the meat.

Lower the oven temperature to 275°F and return the pork to the oven for another 3 hours.

After a total of 6 hours, check the pork; it should be done.

Let the pork sit for about 15 minutes to allow the juices to redistribute.

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