Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, carnitas. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
This authentic carnitas recipe creates the most tender Mexican pork you can possibly imagine! The technique, spices and flavor is outstanding. Seasoned with oregano, cumin, chili powder, lime juice, these Mexican Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas Tacos are the perfect dinner for any night of the week.
Carnitas is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Carnitas is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have carnitas using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Carnitas:
- Make ready 1 pork shoulder without the bone
- Get 26 oz pork lard or vegetable if you can't find the pork one
- Take 4 pork ears
- Prepare 1/2 cup light beer your choice
- Prepare 1/2 cup evaporated milk about (6oz)
- Prepare 2 oranges cut in half
- Get 1 stick cinnamon
- Get 4 Bay leaves
- Get 4 clove garlic
- Take 1 pinch Oregano
- Get 1 pinch thyme
- Make ready 1 tbsp salt
- Take 1/4 piece of onion
- Get 1 cup water
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Steps to make Carnitas:
- cut the shoulder into medium size squares
- with the stove off,in a deep pot add the lard and cup of water, the lard has to be cold so it doesn't jump on you, then turn on the stove and let this boil.
- the water is to prevent the lard from frying the meat. Once is boiling add the pork, squeeze in the juice of the oranges and leave the peels in the pot, keep the tempeture on medium.
- Let this cook for 30 min you don't have to cover the pot. stir once in a while to prevent the meat from sticking on the bottom
- add the ears and move the meat around to make sure everything fits in the pot and let it boil for 30 min.
- add onion, garlic, cinnamon, Bay leaves, Oregano, milk, beer and salt. and let it cook for 1 hour.
- by now the meat should be ready. take all the meat out and only the meat not the juice on a colander to drain extra juice.
- Now if you let the juice seat until is cold you can scoop the lard from the top and reuse it or just discard this is up to you I will use.
- Chop the meat and now you can eat it on tacos or serve in a plate with a side of rice and refried beans.
- To top the tacos you need to chop onion, cilantro, add some lime and salsa.
When I was in Mexico last So today, I wanted to share with you the Pork Carnitas tacos that I made at the Good Food and Wine. Mexican pork carnitas, slow cooked, spicy, shredded pork shoulder, finished in the oven for Photography Credit: Elise Bauer. Enter any Mexican taqueria in California and you'll find carnitas on. Pork Carnitas are pieces of pork meat slow-cooked in copper cauldrons in an open fire. To cook pork carnitas at home is a very easy task.
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