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Pork Carnitas Recipe

 ·  ☕ 3 min read  ·  ✍️ Derek Stevens

Pork Carnitas
Pork Carnitas

Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, pork carnitas. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Made with all natural ingredients like traditional Mexican. These Crispy Pork Carnitas are seriously bursting with flavor yet so simple to make! This is the meat you want for your tacos, burritos, sandwiches, you name it. Many find carnitas a little dry or flavorless.

Pork Carnitas is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Pork Carnitas is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook pork carnitas using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Pork Carnitas:
  1. Take 3.5-4 lbs Pork Butt
  2. Take 2 t Salt
  3. Make ready 1 t Pepper
  4. Make ready 1 T Cumin
  5. Prepare 1 T Oregano
  6. Get 1 Med Onion (quartered & separated)
  7. Get 1 Lime (juiced - save peel)
  8. Take 1 Orange (juiced - save peel)
  9. Prepare 8 Cloves Garlic (crushed)
  10. Prepare 1/4 t Crushed Red Pepper (if desired)
  11. Take Red & Green Bell Peppers, and Onion - sauteed/carmelized

Pork Carnitas Tacos are a delicious way to enjoy succulent slow cooker Pork Carnitas. Imagine lightly charred corn tortillas filled with tender pork carnitas, warmed in a cast iron skillet to get all of those. Pork carnitas is a Mexican dish made of braized or roasted pieces of pork in their fat, with lardons. Pork carnitas is popular across Mexico and the southwestern United States.

Instructions to make Pork Carnitas:
  1. Optional Toppings • Tortillas/taco shells (flour or corn) • Rice • Black beans • Salsa • Jalepenos • Guacamole • Sour cream • Cilantro • Cheese
    1. In a slow cooker, add cut pork, salt, pepper, oregano, cumin, garlic, onion, and lime juice. Juice the orange and add it to the cooker as well. Mix together until the meat is well-coated.
    1. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours, or until the meat pulls apart easily.
    1. Remove the pork and transfer to a foil-lined baking sheet. Shred the pork and spread across the baking sheet in a single layer.
    1. Pour about 1 cup of the liquid remaining in the slow cooker over the shredded pork. Broil for 5-10 minutes until the meat browns and crisps along the edges.
    1. Cut peppers amd onion and sautee in a pan with oil until caramelized.
  2. Serve immediately. Great as a filling in tacos, burritos, salads, or nachos!
  3. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

Pork carnitas is a Mexican dish made of braized or roasted pieces of pork in their fat, with lardons. Pork carnitas is popular across Mexico and the southwestern United States. Carnitas, literally meaning little meats, is a dish of Mexican cuisine that originated in the state of Michoacán. Carnitas are made by braising or simmering pork in oil or preferably lard until tender. The process takes three to four hours, and the result is very tender and juicy meat. ↑ http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/melissa-darabian/pork-carnitas-recipe/index.html.

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