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Slow cooker pork carnitas Recipe

 ·  ☕ 3 min read  ·  ✍️ Alvin Sutton

Slow cooker pork carnitas
Slow cooker pork carnitas

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, slow cooker pork carnitas. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Slow cooker pork carnitas is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Slow cooker pork carnitas is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas recipe video! Is that a pressure cooker in the video?? My slow cooker (Breville Fast-Slow Cooker) is like an Instant Pot. It’s multi-functional, a pressure cooker and slow cooker in one.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook slow cooker pork carnitas using 14 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Slow cooker pork carnitas:
  1. Take 1 3 pound boneless pork shoulder
  2. Take 10 clove sliced garlic
  3. Prepare 2 tsp cumin
  4. Prepare 1 tsp dried oregano
  5. Take 3/4 tsp salt
  6. Take 1/2 tsp black pepper
  7. Get 3/4 cup orange juice
  8. Take 2 tbsp fresh lime juice
  9. Get 2 chipotle chiles in adoba sauce, drained and chopped
  10. Make ready 20 corn or flour tortillas, warmed
  11. Get 2/3 cup onion, chopped
  12. Get 2/3 cup salsa
  13. Make ready 2/3 cup fresh cilantro
  14. Prepare 10 lime wedges

Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas or Mexican Pulled Pork is the best Mexican pork recipe whether you stuff it into a tortilla, taco shell or turn it into a burrito bowl! Pork simmered in broth and seasonings makes a great filling for tamales and tacos in this slow cooker pork carnitas recipe. Tender and flavorful bites of pork are finished in the oven to obtain the most magnificent crisp around the edges. Tender and juicy with just the right amount of spice and perfectly caramelized bits.

Steps to make Slow cooker pork carnitas:
  1. Make 1/2-inch-deep slits on outside of roast; stuff with garlic. Combine cumin and next 3 ingredients (through black pepper) in a small bowl. Place roast in a 3 1/2-quart electric slow cooker. Sprinkle pork on all sides with spice mixture.
  2. Combine juices and chipotle chiles. Pour juice mixture over pork. Cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours or until pork is tender.
  3. Remove pork from slow cooker; shred with 2 forks. Skim fat from cooking liquid. Combine shredded pork and 1/2 cup cooking liquid; toss well.
  4. Spoon 1 1/2 ounces pork mixture onto each tortilla; top each with 1 1/2 teaspoons onion, 1 1/2 teaspoons salsa, and 1 1/2 teaspoons cilantro. Serve with lime wedges.
  5. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

Tender and flavorful bites of pork are finished in the oven to obtain the most magnificent crisp around the edges. Tender and juicy with just the right amount of spice and perfectly caramelized bits. The best filling for taco and burritos! This crispy Pork Carnitas recipe is easy to make in a slow cooker. These Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas are super juicy, easy and so much more flavorful than other versions complete with glorious caramelized crispy burnt ends!

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