Pork Carnitas
By
Jennifer H
@Kinepeli
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Recipe adapted from Cooks Illustrated via My Kitchen Escapades.
Ingredients
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4 lbboneless pork butt, trimmed, cut into chunks
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1 1/2 tspsalt
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1 tspfreshly ground pepper
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1 tspground cumin
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1onion, peeled and quartered
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1 tspgarlic powder
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1 tspdried mexican oregano
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1lime, juiced
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1orange
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2 cwater
How to Make Pork Carnitas
- Remove the orange halves from the pot and discard. Place the Dutch oven with the meat juices over medium heat and reduce to about 1 cup. While the juices are reducing, pull the pork apart into bite-size pieces with two forks. Once the meat juices have reduced, pour the liquid over the meat. Gently fold meat so that it gets evenly coated with the juices.
- Remove pan from oven. Serve immediately with tortillas or put onto sandwich rolls.