roast pork recipe outdoor cooking in Jamaica

apple juice

🥗Healthier: fresh apple cider

💰Cheaper: water + sugar

Fresh apple cider enhances flavor, while water + sugar reduces cost.

pork shoulder

🥗Healthier: pork loin

💰Cheaper: pork butt

Pork loin is leaner, while pork butt is often cheaper and flavorful.

Set up a fire using bamboo as a post and skewer for the pork.

Prepare a banana leaf for traditional roasting.

Season the pork with all-purpose seasoning, meat seasoning, pork seasoning, jerk seasoning, and green seasoning.

Add garlic and browning sauce to the pork, judging the amount of browning sauce by adding a little at a time.

Massage the seasoning and browning sauce into the pork to ensure it's well coated.

Cut holes in the pork to help the seasoning penetrate the meat.

Load the seasoned pork onto the bamboo skewer and place it over the fire.

Use a bamboo brush to apply the dipping sauce to the pork, starting with the first coat.

Continue to apply additional coats of dipping sauce, totaling four coats, while turning the pork over the open flame.

Cover the pork with banana leaves to steam it down.

Adjust the fire to slow cook the pork, moving the fire away from the direct heat.

Check on the pork periodically to ensure it's cooking properly.

Remove the pork from the skewer and cut into it to check if it's cooked all the way through.

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