Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, crockpot carnitas. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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These easy crockpot carnitas are simple enough for anyone to make! Broiling them just before serving gives a browned, crispy crust to the meat. Jump To Recipe • Print Recipe.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook crockpot carnitas using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Crockpot Carnitas:
- Get 3 lbs pork (butt or shoulder) cut into one inch pieces
- Take 1 sweet onion, diced
- Make ready 3-4 cloves garlic
- Make ready 2 cinnamon sticks
- Prepare 1/2 T cumin
- Prepare 1/2 T oregano
- Get 1/2 t chipotle chili powder
- Get 1/2 t salt
- Take 1/4 t pepper
- Get 1 large orange (zest and juice)
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Steps to make Crockpot Carnitas:
- Place diced onion, garlic and cinnamon sticks in bottom of slow cooker.
- Mix oregano, cumin, salt, chipotle powder, and pepper in a small bowl.
- Pour powder mixture over cubes pork and stir to coat all pieces evenly.
- Dump pork over top of onions in crock pot.
- Zest some of the orange over top of pork.
- Cook on low for 6-8 hours.
- Remove cinnamon sticks, squeeze orange juice over pork and stir.
- Serve alone, as a burrito or taco filling, over rice, etc.
- (If you want it a little crispier, you can spread meat out on a jelly roll pan and broil for a few min.)
I was looking for something else to make in the crockpot and I also wanted to buy a huge chunk of meat. Crockpot Pork Carnitas - juicy, tender meat that will melt in your mouth. These Crockpot Carnitas are the best thing to ever come out of my slow cooker! There's fiesta night, and then there's FIESTA NIGHT! Crockpot carnitas are about as good as it gets at our house.
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