Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, crockpot carnitas. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Crockpot Carnitas is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Crockpot Carnitas is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have crockpot carnitas using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Crockpot Carnitas:
- Make ready 3 lbs pork (butt or shoulder) cut into one inch pieces
- Prepare 1 sweet onion, diced
- Get 3-4 cloves garlic
- Prepare 2 cinnamon sticks
- Get 1/2 T cumin
- Get 1/2 T oregano
- Get 1/2 t chipotle chili powder
- Prepare 1/2 t salt
- Get 1/4 t pepper
- Take 1 large orange (zest and juice)
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.)
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