Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, carnitas delicioso!. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Somewhat labor intensive, these authentic style Carnitas are SO worth the prep and slow-cook time! I always do the slow-cook of the pork the day before. The pork can be eaten on its own, as a stand-alone protein, but most often is enjoyed in taco form. Tacos de Carnitas are usually served with the traditional toppings of diced white onion, sprigs of fresh cilantro, freshly squeezed lime juice, and of course, salsa.
Carnitas Delicioso! is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Carnitas Delicioso! is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have carnitas delicioso! using 22 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Carnitas Delicioso!:
- Prepare 1 lb. Lard (no substitute!)
- Make ready 1 c. Bacon fat
- Get 3-4 lb. Pork butt, cut into large pieces
- Make ready 1 lg. Orange, quartered
- Get 1 lg. Lemon, quartered
- Make ready 2 Limes, quartered
- Get 1 lg. Onion, peeled & quartered
- Take 10-12 garlic cloves, peeled
- Take 12 jalapeño slices (from a jar)
- Prepare Salt
- Make ready Pepper
- Make ready Cumin
- Take Garlic powder
- Get Flour tortillas
- Make ready Garnish suggestions:
- Make ready Grated sharp cheddar cheese
- Get Sour cream
- Make ready Salsa
- Get Cilantro
- Get Diced onions
- Prepare Pineapple tidbits (seriously good!)
- Prepare Refried beans
Pork carnitas is made of pieces of pork meat slow-cooked in copper cauldrons in an open fire. Traditionally, you would buy a whole piece of pork and use all the parts in different recipes. The sugar in the soda helps to caramelize the meat, and whatever else they put in the cola gives it that slight smokiness. Or maybe it's the smoked paprika that gives the smokiness.
Instructions to make Carnitas Delicioso!:
- Preheat oven to 250°F. Place lard in large (turkey-size) roasting pan and place in oven to melt. Add bacon fat and set aside.
- Prep all your ingredients while the lard is melting. The photo shows the cut sizes. A regular large roasting pan, as shown in this photo, is too small for cooking this dish. Use a larger/deeper turkey roasting pan.
- NOTE!! I don't recommend a disposable aluminum turkey pan because lime juice eats a hole through aluminum foil! (I learned this the hard way!)
- Place pork pieces (fat side up) in the roasting pan with the lard & bacon fat. Squeeze the citrus pieces over the meat, and place them around the meat pieces, skin side down. (The large piece with fat cap has a wide flat bone running the length of the piece, which is why it's bigger.)
- Add the garlic cloves, onion quarters and jalapeño slices to the pan. Sprinkle salt, pepper, garlic powder, and cumin over the meat (to taste; I don't measure them).
- Lay a sheet of parchment paper over everything to keep the limes from touching the foil. Then tightly cover the pan with aluminum foil, sealing well all around so steam doesn't escape while cooking.
- Bake in 250°F oven for 6-1/2 hours. Turn off oven and allow pan to cool before removing foil.
- NOTE: At this point, I usually refrigerate the pork pieces (discard fruit and lard) and finish the recipe the next night when I'm ready to serve it. But you can do it all in one day if you start early.
- Char the pork pieces under the broiler. Keep an eye on them, flipping the pieces to get an even char. Takes 10-15 minutes.
- Serve with warm flour tortillas, your favorite condiments, and refried beans.
The sugar in the soda helps to caramelize the meat, and whatever else they put in the cola gives it that slight smokiness. Or maybe it's the smoked paprika that gives the smokiness. All I know is that this Coca-Cola Carnitas is a keeper. I always do the slow-cook of the pork the day before. Carnitas Ingredients: To make pork carnitas in the Instant Pot (affiliate link), you will need the following ingredients:.
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