Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, carnitas. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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.
Carnitas is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Carnitas is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook carnitas using 10 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Carnitas:
- Make ready 2 lbs pork shoulder
- Prepare 1 orange
- Get 1-2 jalapeños
- Make ready 2-4 cloves garlic
- Prepare 1 onion
- Take 1 tbsp cumin
- Make ready 1 tbsp oregano
- Take 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- Take to taste Salt & pepper
- Make ready Extra virgin olive oil
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Steps to make Carnitas:
- Mix together 1 onion, 1-3 jalapeños, 1-3 garlic cloves (all this minced), and orange zest. Put some on bottom of crock pot, then add pork, & some more mix on top of pork. Cut orange into 4 pieces- squeeze juice over top of pork & then put orange sections in each corner.
- Cook on low 8-10 hrs. If there's a fat cap on pork, I put that side up. If a lot of fat, may need to remove this after cooking
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