Pork Carnitas
Pork Carnitas

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, pork carnitas. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pork carnitas using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Pork Carnitas:
  1. Get 2 pounds trimmed pork butt into 1 inch thick slices it is about 4-5 large slices (all slices should be even)
  2. Make ready 2 teaspoons salt
  3. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  4. Make ready 3 tablespoons sugar
  5. Make ready 11/2 teaspoons dried oregano
  6. Take 11/2 teaspoons ground cumin
  7. Take 1 large white onion, cut into wedges
  8. Take 1 head garlic, smashed peeled and roughly chopped
  9. Get 2 limes, juiced
  10. Get 1 cup orange juice
  11. Make ready 1 cup chicken stock
  12. Get 1 bay leaves

This Instant Pot Carnitas recipe is quick and easy to make in the pressure cooker, perfectly crispy and juicy, and After years and years of making my go-to crispy pork carnitas recipe in the slow cooker. When it comes to tacos, Pork Carnitas Tacos are the best of the best. When I was in Mexico last year, much research was done to hunt down the BEST carnitas joints that the locals haunt! These Crispy Pork Carnitas are seriously bursting with flavor yet so simple to make!

Steps to make Pork Carnitas:
  1. Mix the dry seasoning together then coat the 1 inch thick slices of pork.
  2. Mix together the lime juice, orange juice, chicken stock and pour over the pork. Let sit for 20 minutes.
  3. In a baking pan or Dutch oven add the onion, garlic and bay leaf, on the bottom and place the pork and pour liquid over on top.
  4. Cover and cook in a 350 degree oven for 2 hours or (until the meat falls apart).
  5. Remove pork and shred with two forks (DO NOT DISCARD THE LIQUID!)
  6. Strain and save the liquid. (Note the onions and the garlic did taste good and you may want to eat them??)
  7. TO CRISP ON STOVE: - Heat about 1 tablespoon of oil in a nonstick pan or cast iron skillet over high heat. When pan is hot, add pork and sear until just beginning to crisp. Pour over about 1/2 cup of left over liquid, and continue cooking until the juices begin to reduce down and the meat is nice and crispy.
  8. TO SERVE: - 1. Season with a little extra salt and pepper if desired. Pour over more of the juices once the meat has crisped for added flavor, just before serving! Serve in Tacos, Burritos, or in a salad!

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