Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Super Quick Homemade Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, slow cooker chicken carnitas. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

Place onion mixture in a slow cooker. Add chicken broth, juice and zest from the limes and orange, and garlic cloves. These Slow Cooker Crispy Chicken Carnitas are made easy by simmering for hours in the slow cooker, then they are briefly crisped up in the broiler, resulting in tender, crispy, juicy, and absolutely DELICIOUS carnitas. Serve them in your favorite tacos, burritos, salads, or whatever sounds good!

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have slow cooker chicken carnitas using 27 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas:

1. Prepare 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2. Take 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
3. Take 1/3 cup apple juice
4. Get to taste Cumin
5. Make ready to taste Garlic powder
6. Take to taste Salt
7. Take to taste Pepper
8. Get 3 bay leaves
9. Take 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)
10. Get 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
11. Get 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
12. Make ready 1/3 cup apple juice
13. Take to taste Cumin
14. Make ready to taste Garlic powder
15. Take to taste Salt
16. Take to taste Pepper
17. Get 3 bay leaves
18. Make ready 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)
19. Make ready 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
20. Prepare 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
21. Make ready 1/3 cup apple juice
22. Take to taste Cumin
23. Make ready to taste Garlic powder
24. Take to taste Salt
25. Get to taste Pepper
26. Take 3 bay leaves
27. Prepare 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)

Combine all ingredients in a slow cooker. HOW TO MAKE SLOW COOKER CHICKEN CARNITAS Add the onions to a large slow cooker and top with chicken. Add chicken broth, orange juice, lime juice and lemon juice. In a bowl mix the jalapeño, salt, pepper, oregano, cumin.

Steps to make Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas:

1. Pour apple juice into slow cooker and place chicken breasts.
2. Season chicken with cumin, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Place sliced oranges on top. Squeeze remaining orange over chicken.
3. Cover and cook on high for 3 hours. After 3 hours, remove chicken and remove bay leaves and orange slices. Shred and return to cooker mixing with juices. Cook on high another hour.
4. Set broiler to high. Place chicken on baking sheet and drizzle with 2 tbsp olive oil. Broil for 5 minutes.
5. Remove and drizzle with remaining 2 tbsp olive oil and broil another 5 minutes.
6. Remove and serve on flour or corn tortillas with your favorite fixings. Enjoy!
7. Cover and cook on high for 3 hours. After 3 hours, remove chicken and shred and return to cooker mixing with juices. Cook on high another hour.

Add chicken broth, orange juice, lime juice and lemon juice. In a bowl mix the jalapeño, salt, pepper, oregano, cumin. Pour some of the remaining cooking liquid and vegetables over the chicken. To assemble the carnitas, heat a large griddle, or skillet, over medium. Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is a fresh and delicious take on the classic carnitas made with pork.

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