Easiest Way to Make Tasty Mexican Style Crockpot Carnitas

Mexican Style Crockpot Carnitas. Every tortilla dreams of being stuffed with Carnitas. The best of the best of Mexican food, seasoned pork is slow cooked until tender before gently teasing apart with forks and pan frying to golden, crispy perfection. This recipe for Mexican Crockpot Pork Carnitas is one of my favorites.

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. You can have Mexican Style Crockpot Carnitas using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Mexican Style Crockpot Carnitas

1. Prepare 6 lb of Pork Butt Roast.
2. Prepare 3 clove of Garlic.
3. It's 1 tbsp of Garlic Salt.
4. Prepare 3 tbsp of cayenne pepper.
5. It's 3 tbsp of chili powder.
6. You need 2 tbsp of salt.
7. It's 3 tbsp of Lawrys Seasoning.
8. Prepare 2 tbsp of chili flakes.
9. Prepare 3 small of habaneros.
10. You need 1 bunch of cilantro.
11. It's 1 large of onion.
12. You need 1 can of Tall Can of Beer of your choice.

If you are looking for an easy but flavor packed Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas recipe, I have one for you! Adapted from my popular Mexican Shredded Beef (Barbacoa) Recipe, these Slow Cooker Carnitas require minimal prep and are delicious in tacos, burrito bowls, and even on salads!. Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas or Mexican Pulled Pork is the best Mexican pork recipe whether you stuff it into a tortilla, taco shell or turn it into a burrito bowl! Pork Carnitas I know a lot of you share my love for Mexican food, so I think you will agree this is the most amazing pork recipe for the crock pot.

Mexican Style Crockpot Carnitas instructions

1. poke pork butt several times with a knife.
2. rough chop the garlic and rub it on to the Butt so it can rest on the pokes.
3. then mix your dry ingredients together to make a dry rub, once you do that rub it on the roast and get a even coat on it..
4. place roast in crock pot and cut your habaneros in half toss them in the pot and your onion cut in half as well.
5. throw cliantro in too and pour in your beer and put crock pot on high for 6-6 1/2 hours and enjoy with diced up onion and cilantro with salsa of your choice.

Make sure you have a good crock pot for this Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas Recipe. If you are in the market for something new, I really love my Ninja cooker. The nice thing about this is you can brown the meat in the same slow cooker for recipes that call for that. I made this recipe the way I start all my carnitas,, by searing my pork cubes in a light coating of olive oil, and then put NO oil in the crockpot, instead putting in a half can of chopped tomatoes, some chopped tomatillo and extra spice, including two "cook but don't eat) hot peppers I grow. Using pork loin or tenderloin means no hard-to-find ingredients, and the result is super tender.; Fresh citrus tenderizes the carnitas while they cook in the Crockpot and leaves you with plenty of juices for browning and serving.; Cooking these carnitas in the Crockpot means an easy and flavorful Mexican dinner ready for you when you get home from work or school.