Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, mike's carnitas. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Mike's Carnitas is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Mike's Carnitas is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have mike's carnitas using 36 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Mike's Carnitas:
- Take ● For The First Stage
- Take 10 Pounds Boneless Pork Tenderloin
- Prepare 2 (14 oz) Cans Beef Broth
- Make ready 1 tbsp Fresh Ground Cumin
- Get 1/2 Dos Equis Beer
- Prepare 1 LG Vidalia Onion
- Prepare 1 LG Cinnamon Stick
- Take 1 tbsp Sweetened Condensed Milk
- Take ● For The Second Stage
- Make ready 4 LG Jalapeños [halved - deseeded]
- Prepare 1/2 LG Chopped Green Bell Pepper
- Get 1/2 Bottle LG Mexican Coke
- Make ready 1/2 Bottle Dos Equis Beer
- Make ready 1 tbsp Fresh Ground Cumin
- Prepare 1 tsp Crushed Mexican Oregano
- Prepare 1 tsp Crushed Bay Leaves
- Make ready 1/2 LG Orange [with juice]
- Take 1 Medium Lime [with juice]
- Make ready ● For The The Third Stage
- Get 2 Pounds Manteca Lard
- Make ready ● For The Fourth Stage
- Get Seal Tightly In Tin Foil With One Cup Pork Juice
- Take 1 Cup Of Your Favorite Red Salsa [optional]
- Take ● For The Sides [as needed]
- Make ready Warm Flour Tortillas
- Make ready Mexican Sour Cream
- Get Leaves Fresh Cilantro
- Take Mexican 3 Cheese
- Get Green Salsa
- Get Red Salsa
- Prepare Pico de Gallo
- Take Guacamole Dip
- Get Red Onions
- Make ready White Onions
- Take Sliced Radishes
- Get Sliced Cabbage
Instructions to make Mike's Carnitas:
- 10 Pounds of frozen boneless Pork Tender Loin pictured. Dethaw and brine overnight.
- Add everything in the first stage and allow to simmer in a crock pot for 10 hours. Pull the majority of fluid from your pork and place broth in fridge. You will need it later.
- Add everything in the second stage and allow to simmer for 2 additional hours in your crock pot.
- Important: Shread pork into large chunks. Pull and chop all vegetables within the crock pot separately.
- Stage three. Two pounds of lard pictured.
- Heat your lard and add your large pork chunks.
- Fry until crispy on the outside but moist on the inside.
- Fry pork in batches for 13 minutes a piece.
- Drain. Then add the juice of one orange and one small lime. Add 2 cups pork juice and 1 cup of your favorite red salsa. Salsa optional.
- Chop up your vegetables and add to fried pork.
- Mix well.
- Seal tightly with tin foil and leave in the oven at 250° for 1 hour or until ready to serve.
- Serve with assorted condiments and ice cold Mexican beers.
- Enjoy!
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