Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, crockpot carnitas. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Crockpot Carnitas is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Crockpot Carnitas is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
Carnitas means 'little meats' and is traditionally fried then braised. This recipe is made much easier using the slow cooker but the results are just as tasty. This makes a great filling for tamales, enchiladas, tacos and burritos.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have crockpot carnitas using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Crockpot Carnitas:
- Prepare 3 lbs pork (butt or shoulder) cut into one inch pieces
- Take 1 sweet onion, diced
- Take 3-4 cloves garlic
- Take 2 cinnamon sticks
- Take 1/2 T cumin
- Prepare 1/2 T oregano
- Prepare 1/2 t chipotle chili powder
- Get 1/2 t salt
- Prepare 1/4 t pepper
- Prepare 1 large orange (zest and juice)
The best crockpot carnitas you'll ever have! Killer Crockpot Pork Carnitas are made in your slow cooker, so it couldn't be easier! Do you remember the show Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives? They showed a Mexican restaurant that people lined up out the door for.
Instructions to make Crockpot Carnitas:
- Place diced onion, garlic and cinnamon sticks in bottom of slow cooker.
- Mix oregano, cumin, salt, chipotle powder, and pepper in a small bowl.
- Pour powder mixture over cubes pork and stir to coat all pieces evenly.
- Dump pork over top of onions in crock pot.
- Zest some of the orange over top of pork.
- Cook on low for 6-8 hours.
- Remove cinnamon sticks, squeeze orange juice over pork and stir.
- Serve alone, as a burrito or taco filling, over rice, etc.
- (If you want it a little crispier, you can spread meat out on a jelly roll pan and broil for a few min.)
This Mexican classic comes together in no time using flavorful pork butt, spices, onion, oranges, and beer! With a special trick to get your carnitas tasting better than what you get at a restaurant! Perfect for filling tacos, burritos, quesadillas, and more! We make carnitas as a base recipe for all sorts of Mexican creations. Seriously… you can use a good carnitas recipe in anything from chili, to quesadillas, to nachos, even on pizza.
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