Sweet Potato Caribean Pork Recipe

Caribean Pork Ingredients

Mangoes (of medium size) – one
Cilantro – optional
Green onion – one (use medium size)
Salt – one eighth of a teaspoon
Pickapeppa sauce – four tablespoon (use Worcestershire sauce with hot pepper sauce, if Pickapeppa sauce is not available)
Jalapeno pepper – one medium
Roasted pork – two pounds (boneless loin)
Lime juice – one tablespoon
Pineapple – eight ounces (canned)
Garlic – two cloves (mince them into small pieces)
Thyme (fresh) – one teaspoon (snip them into small pieces) use dried thyme (one fourth of a teaspoon), if fresh Thyme are not available.
Jicama – one cup
Tomatoes – one (large size) Deseed and chop them into small pieces.
Sweet potatoes – two (use large potatoes) peel and cut them into cubes. More on sweet potato diet
Cilantro – optional

Method Of Preparation

1. Scoop out three tablespoons of Pickapeppa sauce and add it along with the thyme and garlic into a bowl.
2. Remove or trim the fat from the lamb roast.
3. Use a shallow roasting pan for the roast.
4. Place a thermometer, into the inside of the roast.
5. Roast for 45 minutes at a temperature of 325 degree Fahrenheit.
6. Cook the sweet potatoes in salted boiling water for eight minutes. The potatoes should be soft and tender. Very often the potatoes may seem cooked on the outside but the center remains uncooked. To ensure that it is cooked through and through, pierce it with a knitting needle.
7. Drain the excess water.
8. Add the Pickapeppa sauce and toss the sweet potatoes.
9. Keep the tossed potatoes around the lamb roast.
10. Roast for some more time, till the internal temperature is 155 degree Fahrenheit.
11. Use an aluminium foil to cover the meat and place on a wire rack. The temperature will rise to about 160 degree Fahrenheit.
12. Cut the roast into slices and serve warm with mango-Jicama salsa and sweet potatoes.
13. Garnish with cilantro.

Preparation Of Mango-Jicama Salsa:

• Take a big bowl. Add a cup of peeled Jicama, two tablespoons of pineapple juice, peeled and seeded mango, green onion, salt, jalapeno pepper, lime juice and a chopped tomato.
• Refrigerate for 24 hours, or till the serving time.

Health Tips

• The preparation time for Caribbean pork is around an hour and forty five minutes.
• The quantities given for this recipe will provide eight servings.
• Each serving of the preparation provides 265 calories.
• The total fat content of the recipe, per serving is about seven grams, whereas saturated fat is two grams. It also provides 62 mg of cholesterol.