Cajun Stuffed Pork Roast

This recipe has been submitted for play in ZWT9 – Cajun/Creole. This recipe is from cookbook: Better Homes & Gardens Cajun Cooking. My great uncle gave me this wonderful cookbook over 20 years ago. Pork is a Cajun staple, this recipe is quick and easy to make with ingredients found in most pantries.

• Ready In: 3 hrs 15 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 1⁄3 cup onion, finely chopped
• 1⁄3 cup green pepper, finely chopped
• 2  garlic cloves, minced
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1  teaspoon  ground red pepper
• 1  teaspoon ground black pepper
• 3 -4  lbs  pork loin roast

Directions

1. For stuffing, combine onion, green pepper, garlic, salt, red pepper and black pepper mix well.
2. Cut 12 - 14 deep slits, 1 " wide, randomly around the pork roast.
3. using your fingers, stuff the slits with some of the stuffing. Place roast, on a rack in a shallow roasting pan.
4. Rub the remaining stuffing mixture over the roast and roast the pork, uncovered in a 325 oven for 2 -1/2 - 3 hours, or until meat thermometer registers 170 degrees.
5. Let pork, stand 15 minutes before carving.