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Pernil Recipes

The Puerto Rican roast pork that defines Christmas and Sunday family meals.

Pernil is the centerpiece of every Puerto Rican celebration, pork shoulder marinated with garlic, oregano, sazón, and vinegar, slow-roasted until the cuerito skin turns golden and crispy. No Christmas, no big birthday, no farewell or welcome is complete without pernil.

Don Luis has 66 pernil recipes organized by style: traditional lechonera, home oven, slow cooker, instant pot, with cider, with beer, with citrus. Each one is dialed in so the cuerito stays crispy without drying the meat, the detail that separates a good home pernil from a legendary one.

All 66 of Don Luis’s pernil recipes

Why Don Luis

Part of a collection spanning 100+ years of family recipes across three generations, collected and tested over 30+ years in the kitchen. Some are the authentic traditional version and others are our own versions of the original. This collection gathers marinade techniques and oven temperatures dialed in generation after generation so the pernil stays juicy with crispy cuerito.