Pork roast, also referred to sometimes as Sunday roast is an excellent choice when it comes to what to have for dinner, and you don’t have to wait until Sunday to eat this amazing cuisine; you can make it anytime you want. It’s delicious, savory, healthy, and big enough to go around for everyone! Although there are many ways to go about cooking your pork, roasting them in the oven or grill is the more popular option among many.
In this article, we’ll be teaching you the simplest and most necessary steps to take when attempting to cook a satisfactory pork roast using your oven, so be sure to take notes of the cooking instructions, tips, and guidelines you’ll find within this article.
Pork Roast Nutrition Facts
Tips for Cooking a 3 lb Pork Roast
Dry your pork – To ensure the roast is an adequate crispy crackling when cooked, you’ll need to dry your pork. To dry the pork, simply pat all the water out with a kitchen towel or leave uncovered in the fridge overnight.
You can make your own rub – if you can’t find a Rub for a pork roast in the market, no need to worry, you can easily make your rub at home. It only requires a few ingredients and will equally be as efficient as the regular store-bought rub.
Preheat your oven – while preparing the ingredients for your pork roast, you can simultaneously preheat your oven so you don’t have to spend much time in the kitchen. Preheat the oven to 480 degrees Fahrenheit for best results.
Tie the pork roast – although this is an optional step some people take, tying your pork with a kitchen string proves to be a little helpful in roasting pork. You can always get it ready-stringed from a butcher, too. Tying up the roast helps it to stay together when cooking.
Score your pork – roasted pork is known for its crispiness, and you wouldn’t want yours to be an exception, would you? For your pork to be more tender on the inside and crispy on the outside, you’ll need to score your pork.
Scoring your pork is simply creating deep grooves into the surface of the pork with a kitchen knife. This allows heat to move freely up the pork roast when cooking and it makes the scored parts more crispy because they’re thinner than the rest of the roast. You can also buy pre-scored pork if you find one in the market.
Also, when attempting to score your pork, try to avoid cutting the strings holding the pork roast. Ensure that you score the roast at the part facing upwards too.
How to position the meat – it’s always best to face the part of the meat which has more fat upward. This allows the fatty surface to cook better and turn out as a crispy and savory crackling when the roast is ready.
What kind of pork to use – since it’s just roast pork, you can use basically any part of the pig, although the loins are more suitable for this recipe. Also keep in mind that the butt, also known as the shoulder takes longer to cook. So if you’re preparing a butt roast you might want to extend your cooking time a little more to ensure it’s thoroughly cooked.
You can make incisions – for some extra flavor, you can make shallow cuts in the pork and insert some fresh herbs and garlic into the holes, or since your meat is scored, you can stuff random areas of the roast with the herbs and garlic. Just ensure that this is done on the side of the pork that’s facing upwards and that the herbs and garlic are added generously to the pork.
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Cooking Time for 3lb Pork Roast
We have set an adequate cooking timing guideline below for preparing roasted pork in an oven. Ensure you take notes of the following.
| Cooking procedure | Cooking time |
| Cooking pork roast in the oven at 480° F. | 1 hour, 20 minutes |
Oven Roasted Pork Roast (4 to 6 servings)
Ingredients
- 1.5 kg of boned loin of pork, or any other part (3 lbs)
- Sea salt, to taste
- 2 cloves of garlic
- Fresh rosemary, sage, or thyme
- 3 tbsp of olive oil
Seasoning Rub for Pork
Instructions
- Take out your pork and dry the skin if wet. Ensure that it’s well dried before you start cooking.
- Preheat the oven to 480° F and mix all spices for pork rub and set aside.
- Score the skin of the pork if it’s not already scored. Do this carefully so you don’t cut the strings on the pork.
- Using a brush, apply olive oil on the skin of the pork toast thoroughly. This allows the salt to stick to the skin. Sprinkle some sea salt on the pork.
- Insert thin slices of garlic and some herbs into the skin of the pork. Then, take your seasoning rub and sprinkle on all areas of the pork, including the bottom. Do this gently so the garlic doesn’t fall off.
- Place the pork in the oven and leave for 30 minutes.
- After 30 minutes, lower the temperature to 375° Fahrenheit and continue roasting for another 35 minutes.
- When the 35 minutes is over, take out the meat and test with a small knife to see if it’s ready. Insert the knife into the thickest part of the meat and check the color of the juice that runs out. It should be completely clear, if the juice isn’t clear yet, continue cooking until it runs clear.
- After you’ve confirmed your pork roast is ready, remove it from the oven and leave it to rest for about 15 minutes before you start carving. Remove the strings from the roast.
- You can now carve your pork roast and serve. You can serve it with apple sauce, gravy, salads, potatoes, or anything you’d be cooking alongside it.
You’ll find this recipe for pork roast quite easy and simple to cook once you follow the cooking instructions and tips above. Pork roast takes about 65 – 70 minutes to prepare, with a rest time of about 15 minutes, so you don’t have to spend so much time in the kitchen.
If you want more tips on how to cook a 3-pound pork roast using your oven, you can check out this video recipe.