How to Prepare Perfect Keto Carnitas (Slow Cooker)

Keto Carnitas (Slow Cooker). Impress a crowd with this flavorful & authentic keto carnitas recipe. Put a twist on taco Tuesday with these slow cooker pork carnitas! They're cooked in the slow cooker until juicy and fall-apart tender, then oven-crisped to absolute perfection!

What I love about this recipe is how little time it takes, really—especially compared to how many ways you can use it in other dishes throughout the week. Carnitas is a Mexican slow-cooked pulled pork dish that is typically served with rice, beans, and tortillas. The pulled pork on it own is very low in carbs and keto-friendly, but its accompaniments are often filled with net carbs. You can cook Keto Carnitas (Slow Cooker) using 17 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Keto Carnitas (Slow Cooker)

1. You need 6.5 lb of Pork Sirloin Roast.
2. It's 4 of mixed Baby Bell Peppers.
3. You need 1 of large Poblano Pepper.
4. You need 1 of Jalapeno Pepper.
5. Prepare 2 of small Sweet Onions.
6. It's 4 tbsp of Minced Garlic.
7. Prepare 8 oz of can Tomato Sauce.
8. It's 5-10 drops of Liquid Smoke.
9. You need 1 tbsp of Worcestershire Sauce.
10. You need 1/4 cup of Onion Powder.
11. Prepare 1/4 cup of Garlic Powder.
12. You need 1 tbsp of Chilli Powder.
13. You need 1/2 tbsp of Cayenne Pepper.
14. You need 1/2 tbsp of Paprika.
15. You need 1 tsp of Black Pepper.
16. You need 1/2 cup of Bacon Fat.
17. It's 1/4 cup of Apple Cider Vinegar.

Great recipe for Keto Carnitas (Slow Cooker). This can be served with lettuce wraps or eaten straight depending on how you like it. This recipe yields a lot of food. Carnitas are great for feeding a crowd.

Keto Carnitas (Slow Cooker) instructions

1. First dice and chop up all your onions and peppers then add them and garlic to bottom of slow cooker.
2. Add Worcestershire sauce, liquid smoke, 2tbsp bacon fat and can Tomato Sauce to veggies and stir til evenly coated.
3. Add seasonings to a bowl and mix.
4. Rub the pork roasts with seasonings then place on top of mixture in slow cooker.
5. Cook on low heat for 8hrs.
6. Slowly lift roasts out of pot and place in large mixing bowl. Leave veggies and sauce in pot and add apple cider vinegar..
7. Shred pork with two forks and let cool for at least 10 minutes.
8. This next step is optional but adds the textural components lost from using the slow cooker. In large saute pan (I use my Wok) add a few tablespoons of bacon fat and turn heat on high and grease pan. You want it screaming hot. Then toss in 1/3 of the pulled pork and let it crisp up and stir a few times and then remove and add to separate mixing bowl to cool and repeat the process two more times.
9. Portion out pork into portion containers then scoop out sauce from slow cooker over top of pork.
10. Enjoy!.

Roast or smoke the pork or cook it in a slow cooker for busy days. Just be sure to follow the final step of browning the meat in some of the roasting juices. The browned bits are where the magic happens.. You can make this in an Instapot but I always use my trusty crock pot because I like the meat to cook low and slow for this dish. Slow cooked meat is always so tender.