Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, kenji’s carnitas. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook kenji’s carnitas using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Kenji’s Carnitas:
- Make ready 3 lbs Pork shoulder (with fat and connective tissue)
- Get 2 Bay leaves
- Make ready 1/2 Onion
- Prepare 1 Orange
- Make ready 1 Cinnamon stick, broken into pieces
- Make ready 4 Garlic cloves
- Prepare Canola oil
Steps to make Kenji’s Carnitas:
- PREP - Cut pork into equally sized pieces - Place in single layer in oven-safe vessel, leaving no space - Quarter orange, squeeze over pork, nestle quarters in dish - Add 2 onion quarters, garlic cloves, bay leaves, and cinnamon to dish - Pour oil until everything is just covered
- COOK - Cover with lid or aluminum foil - Place in oven preheated to 275°F - Cook until fork tender, ~3.5 hours
- CRISPIFY - Spread pork onto sheet pan to allow to cool - Shred pork into large chunks with forks or fingers - Season to taste with salt - Place pork under broiler until brown and crisp on surface, ~6 minutes - Stir to expose new pork, broil another 6 minutes
- EXTRA STEPS - Reserve braising onion for salsa - Reserve braising liquid for tortillas
- Ready to serve and ENJOY!
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