How to Make Carnitas in 16 Minutes for Mom

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, carnitas. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really 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 favored of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Carnitas is something that I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook carnitas using 14 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Carnitas:

1. Make ready 1 whole Boston Pork Butt or Picnic Roast; bone-in or out
2. Prepare Cooking Liquid
3. Get 1 small can of evaporated milk
4. Take 1 whole orange
5. Take 2 whole lemons
6. Take 2 whole limes
7. Prepare 1 medium/large yellow onion- cut large chunks
8. Make ready 1 green bell pepper- seeded & cut large chunks
9. Take 8 clove garlic sliced thin
10. Get 2 cinnamon stick
11. Prepare 2-3 bay leaves
12. Get Rub
13. Take 1 TBS each dried basil, oregano, cumin, chilli powder
14. Take 1 TBS each salt, black pepper, garlic powder

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Instructions to make Carnitas:

1. Pull meat out of fridge 30-60 minutes prior to cooking to warm it to room temp. Can be done while prepping all other ingredients. Not required. Have slow cooker all set up and the insert not in the cooker. I use a crockpot bag alot for easier cleanup.
2. Mix together all the in ingredients for the rub and have on a large plate or baking sheet. Set aside.
3. Now for the cooking liquid. Juice your lemons, limes and orange. Put peels in the crockpot with the onion, peppers, garlic, cinnamon and bay leaves.
4. After removing pork from package and drying with paper towel cover entire chunk of pork with with the rub.
5. I a large skillet heated to medium-high heat brown your pork on all sides.
6. Now put the pork in the crockpot. You can deglaze the skillet and put all that good stuff in the crockpot also. Add the evaporated milk and fruit juices to crockpot as well.
7. Now put the lid on on put it in the cooker. Cook on low heat 6-8 hours or high for 3-4 hours.
8. After cooking, take meat out of crockpot in a large baking dish. Shred the pork using 2 forks or tongs. Then strain your cooking juice and save for crisping the shredded pork, reheating or even use it for your next Carnitas batch-but be sure to freeze it!

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