Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas

Name: Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas
Ingredients: 2pounds boneless pork shoulder; Salt; 1 1/2 to 2cups freshly rendered pork lard (you can buy good-quality lard from a local butcher or Mexican market; I don't recommend the hydrogenated lard that's sold in bricks); 3serranos (or 2 jalapeños) stemmed, seeded if you wish; 10 unpeeled garlic cloves; 115-ounce can fire-roasted tomatoes, drained; 1/2cup chopped cilantro (divided use); 3 or 4 limes (divided use); 3ripe avocados, pitted, flesh scooped from the skins; 2dozen corn tortillas

INGREDIENTS

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2pounds boneless pork shoulder

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Salt

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1 1/2 to 2cups freshly rendered pork lard (you can buy good-quality lard from a local butcher or Mexican market; I don't recommend the hydrogenated lard that's sold in bricks)

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3serranos (or 2 jalapeños) stemmed, seeded if you wish

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10 unpeeled garlic cloves

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115-ounce can fire-roasted tomatoes, drained

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1/2cup chopped cilantro (divided use)

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3 or 4 limes (divided use)

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3ripe avocados, pitted, flesh scooped from the skins

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2dozen corn tortillas

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