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Crockpot Carnitas Recipe

 ·  ☕ 2 min read  ·  ✍️ Iva Meyer

Crockpot Carnitas
Crockpot Carnitas

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, crockpot carnitas. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Crockpot Carnitas is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Crockpot Carnitas is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have crockpot carnitas using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Crockpot Carnitas:
  1. Prepare 3 lbs pork (butt or shoulder) cut into one inch pieces
  2. Take 1 sweet onion, diced
  3. Make ready 3-4 cloves garlic
  4. Take 2 cinnamon sticks
  5. Prepare 1/2 T cumin
  6. Get 1/2 T oregano
  7. Make ready 1/2 t chipotle chili powder
  8. Take 1/2 t salt
  9. Make ready 1/4 t pepper
  10. Make ready 1 large orange (zest and juice)
Steps to make Crockpot Carnitas:
  1. Place diced onion, garlic and cinnamon sticks in bottom of slow cooker.
  2. Mix oregano, cumin, salt, chipotle powder, and pepper in a small bowl.
  3. Pour powder mixture over cubes pork and stir to coat all pieces evenly.
  4. Dump pork over top of onions in crock pot.
  5. Zest some of the orange over top of pork.
  6. Cook on low for 6-8 hours.
  7. Remove cinnamon sticks, squeeze orange juice over pork and stir.
  8. Serve alone, as a burrito or taco filling, over rice, etc.
  9. (If you want it a little crispier, you can spread meat out on a jelly roll pan and broil for a few min.)
  10. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

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