Pork Carnitas

If you want to add more gluten free and dairy free recipes to your recipe box, Pork Carnitas might be a recipe you should try. For 91 cents per serving, this recipe covers 19% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 29g of protein, 9g of fat, and a total of 208 calories. This recipe serves 12. This recipe is liked by 1958 foodies and cooks. It works well as a beverage. It is brought to you by Jo Cooks. Head to the store and pick up bay leaves, juice of orange, ground cumin, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 3 hours and 10 minutes. Overall, this recipe earns an amazing spoonacular score of 82%. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Crispy Pork Carnitas (Mexican Slow Cooked Pulled Pork), Crispy Pork Carnitas (Mexican Slow Cooked Pulled Pork), and Instant Pot Pork Carnitas (Mexican Pulled Pork).

Servings: 12

Preparation duration: 10 minutes

Cooking duration: 3 minutes

 

Ingredients:

Equipment:

Cooking instruction summary:

Preheat oven to 300 F degrees.Cut up the meat into bigger pieces that are about 2 inches. Place the meat in a cast iron pot, add all the spices, onion, juice from the orange, lime juice and the remaining orange halves. Pour the water over meat and cook on medium high until the water starts to boil. Cover the pot and place it in the oven for a couple hours at 300 F degrees until the meat falls apart when prodded with a fork. If you cook this over stove top, it will take a bit longer, about 3 to 3.5 hours.After the 2 hours, remove the meat from the pot with a slotted spoon and place it on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil. Remove everything else from the pot, except the liquid. Cook the liquid over medium high heat for about 20 minutes until it reduces to about a cup of liquid.In the mean time, take 2 forks and start shredding the meat into smaller pieces. After the liquid has reduced cover the meat with it.Place the meat under the broiler, for about 5 to 10 minutes, you should watch it though, each oven is different and you don't want to burn it. Take the meat out, flip it over the other side using a spatula and then place it under the broiler again for another 5 minutes or so. You want to make sure that it's nicely browned.Serve on tacos, burritos, tamales, sandwiches, etc.

 

Step by step:

1. Preheat oven to 300 F degrees.

2. Cut up the meat into bigger pieces that are about 2 inches.

3. Place the meat in a cast iron pot, add all the spices, onion, juice from the orange, lime juice and the remaining orange halves.

4. Pour the water over meat and cook on medium high until the water starts to boil. Cover the pot and place it in the oven for a couple hours at 300 F degrees until the meat falls apart when prodded with a fork. If you cook this over stove top, it will take a bit longer, about 3 to 3.5 hours.After the 2 hours, remove the meat from the pot with a slotted spoon and place it on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil.

5. Remove everything else from the pot, except the liquid. Cook the liquid over medium high heat for about 20 minutes until it reduces to about a cup of liquid.In the mean time, take 2 forks and start shredding the meat into smaller pieces. After the liquid has reduced cover the meat with it.

6. Place the meat under the broiler, for about 5 to 10 minutes, you should watch it though, each oven is different and you don't want to burn it. Take the meat out, flip it over the other side using a spatula and then place it under the broiler again for another 5 minutes or so. You want to make sure that it's nicely browned.

7. Serve on tacos, burritos, tamales, sandwiches, etc.

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