Recipe: Yummy Carnitas

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.

Traditional carnitas are cooked in lard, pulled from the oil, chopped, and served directly in tacos and such. This versatile dish is one of our most requested at Salsa Brava. They're easy-to-make pork crisps that are very popular in Mexico. You can have Carnitas using 11 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Carnitas

1. It's 2 of laurel leaves.
2. It's 2 lbs of carnitas pork meat.
3. Prepare half of an onion.
4. Prepare half of an orange (juice only).
5. Prepare 1 cup of beef broth.
6. It's as needed of oil.
7. Prepare 1 tsp of oregano.
8. You need 1 tsp of marjoram.
9. Prepare 1 tsp of sal.
10. It's 1/2 tsp of black pepper.
11. You need 1/2 tsp of garlic powder.

The secret to this recipe is the quick frying. Be sure the meat is well drained before it's placed in oil, though, or it will splatter and pop. —Patricia Collins, Imbler, Oregon Carnitas, literally meaning "little meats", is a dish of Mexican cuisine that originated in the state of Michoacán. Carnitas are made by braising or simmering pork in oil or preferably lard until tender. The process takes three to four hours, and the result is very tender and juicy meat, which is then typically served with chopped coriander leaves (cilantro), diced onion, salsa, guacamole.

Carnitas instructions

1. Step one: rub oil all over pork meat. Then, Mix your dry spices and rub them on the pork meat. Once seasoned, mix orange juice and beef broth together and pour around the the pork meat in a oven dish/pot. Place your onion wedges and leafs around dish/pot. Just like shown in picture..
2. Step two: this dish may take 2-3 hours depending on your oven. Mine took 2 hours. So pre-heat your oven at 350 f. Bake for 2 hours, check on it. Onced it done, re-bake back in oven uncovered for 15 mins so it can get a crisp on top. Then turn on a skillet medium low heat, add dripping of grease from your pan where you baked carnitas. And pour your carnitas in there. At this point what youre doing is frying them a bit. 5-10 mins tops om frying. Once done you can shred or leave them in chunks. Serve with a green salsa, salt, onion chopped and corn tortillas tacos. And enjoy..

Carnitas (the word translates as "little meats") are wonderful morsels of boiled/fried pork that are crispy on the outside and chewy-tender on the inside. In Mexico, they are traditionally cooked outside in huge copper or stainless steel pots over an open fire, but this smaller version is easy to make at home on a regular stove, making it much more practical for the everyday home cook. Whether you're throwing a fiesta-style party or amping up taco night, you can't go wrong with Pork Carnitas!. Succulent, mouth-watering, Tacos de Carnitas features full-flavored, bite-sized pieces of tender pork with gorgeous crispy edges, packed into a warm tortilla. Top your tacos with a squeeze of fresh lime juice and your favorite taco toppings for an authentic taste of Mexico at home!