Pork Carnitas
Cook Time
150
mins
Calories
456
Serving Size
8
Carbs
4.3
Fat
15.3
Protein
71.1
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description
Keep these around for Taco Tuesday
ingredients
- 4lbs boneless Pork Butt, fat trimmed and cut into cubes (2 inch)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 onion, peeled and halved
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tbs lime juice
- 1 cups water
- 1 medium orange, juiced and keep the spent halves
directions
- Adjust oven rack to lower middle position and heat to 300 degrees.
- Combine all the ingredients in a large Dutch oven or large pot, including the spent orange halves and juice.
- Bring the mixture to a simmer over medium-high heat, uncovered.
- Once it simmers, cover pot and transfer it to the oven.
- Cook until the meat falls apart when prodded with a fork, about 2 hours.
- Remove the pot from the oven and turn on the broiler. Use a slotted spoon to remove the meat from the pan and place it on a large foil-lined jelly roll pan.
- Remove and discard everything from the pot except for the cooking liquid.
- Place pot over high heat on the stove and boil until thick and syrupy, about 20 minutes. You should have about 1 C of liquid remaining when it is finished.
- While the liquid is reducing, use two forks to pull each cube of pork into three equal sized pieces.
- Once the liquid has become a syrup, gently fold in the pieces of pork into the pot. Try not to break up the pork any further. Taste and add additional salt and pepper.
- Spread the pork back onto the foil lined pan and evenly spread the meat around so there is a single layer of meat.
- Place the jelly roll pan on the lower middle rack of the oven and broil until the top of the meat is well browned and edges are slightly crisp, about 5 to 8 minutes.
- Using a wide metal spatula, flip the pieces of meat and broil the other side until well browned and edges are slightly crisp, 5 to 8 minutes.
- Serve immediately in a tortilla with all your favorite toppings.
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