How to Cook Tasty Pork Carnitas

Pork Carnitas. Many find carnitas a little dry or flavorless. These have a great, distinctive flavor and are requested by friends and family over and over. Serve with warm, fresh tortillas and salsa.

Place the pork in a slow cooker and top with the onion, garlic, and jalapeno. Squeeze over the juice of the orange and add the two halves. Pork carnitas, a Mexican-style slow cooked pulled pork, are probably my absolute favorite street food. You can have Pork Carnitas using 14 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Pork Carnitas

1. You need 500 gr of pork.
2. It's 1 tsp of black pepper.
3. It's 1 tsp of salt.
4. You need 1 tsp of oregano.
5. You need 1 tsp of cumin.
6. Prepare 1/2 tsp of paprika powder.
7. Prepare 1 of onion.
8. It's 3 cloves of garlic.
9. It's of Lime juice from 1/2 lemon.
10. Prepare of Orange juice from 1 orange.
11. It's 2 of bay leaves.
12. It's 150 ml of Cola (use cola that contain sugar instead of artificial sweeteners).
13. You need of Water.
14. It's 2 of Medium tortilla (cut it into 4 small tortilla).

And they're so simple to make at home! This recipe can be done in a slow cooker or Instapot along with a taco bar for easy entertaining. Add the pork and toss to coat. Transfer the pork to a large bowl with a slotted spoon and discard the bay leaves, onion, and garlic.

Pork Carnitas step by step

1. Clean the pork, and place it in the cooking pot.
2. Mix black pepper, salt, oregano, cumin, and paprika powder in a small bowl, and use the mixture to season the pork.
3. Add garlic and onion.
4. Squeeze in 1/2 lemon.
5. Add orange juice, cola, some water, and bay leaves.
6. Mix it well.
7. Stew it for 2 hours until the pork is tender.
8. If the pork have reached its tenderness, place it on a board, shred it using 2 forks.
9. Place the pulled pork in a baking sheet, add the remaining sauce from the stew, and mix it well.
10. Bake it in the oven for 30 minutes (170 degree Celsius). Flipp it after the First 15 minutes, so both side of pulled pork become crispy.
11. Place the tortilla in a plate, add the crispy pulled pork, some garnish on it, and Fold it.
12. Pork carnitas is ready to be served.
13. For garnish: chopped cherry tomatoes, chopped onion, chopped coriander leaves.
14. Here is my YouTube channel link, you can check it there how did I made this recipe: https://youtu.be/Uw1ESzB72zU.

Carnitas originated in the state of Michoacan of Mexico, and in its most original and authentic form, is pork meat…fried in pork fat. These days, the famous Mexican dish is looking a little different in most kitchens, and the world's cholesterol levels are all too thankful for it. An Authentic Pork Carnitas Recipe that is completely addictive! First it cooks slowly in a crock pot, on the stove, or in your slow cooker before you put it into the oven to become crispy and caramelized. This Mexican pulled pork is the perfect filling for tacos, burritos or nachos.