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Christmas Pork-adapted for ease Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 8-9 pound bone-in fresh pork picnic hams
3 20-oz bottles Badia Mojo-or mojo flavor of your choosing
2 heads of garlic

Will also need two 2-gallon freezer bags
Directions:
Directions:
Peel all the garlic cloves. If large, cut in half lengthwise.
Using a very sharp thin knife poke holes into the ham all around, using care to cut through the tough skin. Insert garlic cloves into the holes as deep as possible. Turn top of gallon bag down to keep top edge clean while putting in the ham. Pour one bottle of mojo over the ham. Seal well, getting out as much air as possible. Do the same with the other ham. Marinate for 2-3 days, or 2 sleeps at least. Make sure to turn the roasts several time a day so all sides marinate equally.

On the day of baking, preheat oven to 325º. Remove hams from bags and place skin side up in baking pans. Pour the marinade over the pork in the pan. Place into preheated oven, basting every hour. Bake 4-6 hours depending on size and degree of tenderness you would like.

Once cool, you can slice or pull the meat, discarding the marinade, fat cap and bones.
I put the sliced meat in a pan to be rewarmed.
To rewarm, add another bottle of mojo over the sliced meat and place pan in low (200º) oven til warmed through.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
16-20
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
You can do the same with a boneless ham or even a Boston butt. The texture of the meat will be different but still very flavorful. Adjust baking times accordingly.

I prefer to bake and reheat the meat the next day because it becomes more tender and juicy when reheated with the extra mojo.

Leftovers make great sandwiches but one of my favorite ways to use the leftovers is in baked yellow rice.

 

 

 

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