Carnitas Tacos
Carnitas Tacos

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, carnitas tacos. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Carnitas Tacos is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Carnitas Tacos is something that I have loved my entire life.

Add enough cooking liquid from slow cooker to moisten. Carnitas Tacos (pulled pork tacos) are THE BEST ever! The slow cooker Mexican pork is unbelievably tender and flavorful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have carnitas tacos using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Carnitas Tacos:
  1. Take 2 lb boneless pork shoulder roast
  2. Take 2 tsp salt
  3. Prepare 1 tsp freshly ground pepper
  4. Get 1 tbsp dried oregano
  5. Take 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
  6. Take 1 tsp chili powder
  7. Take 4 clove garlic, smashed
  8. Prepare 2 medium oranges, cut in half
  9. Get 2 cup liquid (beer, water, or stock)
  10. Take 3 tbsp vegetable oil
  11. Take 1 packages tortillas
  12. Make ready salsa

Trim any thick fat from surface of pork. Put pork in a large pot. Seasoned with Mexican flavors like oregano, cumin, chili powder and lime juice, this Easy Mexican Carnitas Recipe makes tender, mouthwatering pulled pork with minimal prep work. Growing up in a Mexican household, I ate my fair share of traditional Mexican and Tex-Mex dishes like Steak Fajitas, Chicken Tacos, Pork Chile Verde, Carne Asada and Chile Colorado.

Steps to make Carnitas Tacos:
  1. Combine the salt, pepper, and oregano. Season the pork roast generously with the mixture.
  2. Juice the oranges then put the oranges and juice put in slow cooker with cinnamon, chili powder, and garlic and stir to combine.
  3. Place the pork in the slow cooker then add whatever liquid you are using.
  4. Set to cook on low for 8 hours. The meat is done when it is tender and falling apart.
  5. Let it cool enough to handle, then lift the meat from the juices and place in a large bowl. Shred the meat.
  6. (For best results) In a large saute pan, heat the vegetable oil over high heat. Press the meat into the oil and fry until crusty on one side.
  7. Serve on tortillas with salsa.

My Pork Carnitas are ridiculously easy, yet packed full of flavour, succulent and has plenty of the all important golden brown bits!! "Carnitas means 'little meats' and is traditionally fried then braised," says Erin Parker. "This recipe is made much easier using the slow cooker but the results are just as tasty. This makes a great filling for tamales, enchiladas, tacos and burritos. This filling is also great combined with your favorite barbecue sauce and served on buns." What to serve with Pork Carnitas. I use Pork Carnitas to make Enchiladas, Burritos, Quesadillas, Sliders, Mexican pizzas. I did street tacos and put the carnitas on corn tortillas, sliced avocado, Mexican cheese, finely chopped onion, fresh cilantro, and a little pico de gallo.

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