Simple Pork Carnitas Recipes

Pork Carnitas -

If chicken and beef are your stand-by meats, you've been missing out; the other white meat is just as flavorful and easy to transform into myriad meals that look like they took a lot more time and effort than they actually did. Our favorite pork recipes—from caramelized chops and slow-braised pork shoulder to spicy enchiladas—are guaranteed to put pork in your weeknight dinner rotation.

Tender pieces of pork braised in a flavorful sauce with a touch of heat. Made with just a small list of simple ingredients, this is a great way to switch up your weekly rotation with a fabulously easy takeout-fakeout dinner. Here is Simple Pork Carnitas Recipe.

You can have Pork Carnitas using 14 ingredients and 14 steps.

Pork Carnitas Ingredients

1. You need 500 gr of pork.
2. You need 1 tsp of black pepper.
3. Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
4. Prepare 1 tsp of oregano.
5. Prepare 1 tsp of cumin.
6. You need 1/2 tsp of paprika powder.
7. Prepare 1 of onion.
8. Prepare 3 cloves of garlic.
9. You need of Lime juice from 1/2 lemon.
10. Prepare of Orange juice from 1 orange.
11. Prepare 2 of bay leaves.
12. Prepare 150 ml of Cola (use cola that contain sugar instead of artificial sweeteners).
13. You need of Water.
14. You need 2 of Medium tortilla (cut it into 4 small tortilla).

Pork Carnitas instructions

1. Clean the pork, and place it in the cooking pot.
2. Mix black pepper, salt, oregano, cumin, and paprika powder in a small bowl, and use the mixture to season the pork.
3. Add garlic and onion.
4. Squeeze in 1/2 lemon.
5. Add orange juice, cola, some water, and bay leaves.
6. Mix it well.
7. Stew it for 2 hours until the pork is tender.
8. If the pork have reached its tenderness, place it on a board, shred it using 2 forks.
9. Place the pulled pork in a baking sheet, add the remaining sauce from the stew, and mix it well.
10. Bake it in the oven for 30 minutes (170 degree Celsius). Flipp it after the First 15 minutes, so both side of pulled pork become crispy.
11. Place the tortilla in a plate, add the crispy pulled pork, some garnish on it, and Fold it.
12. Pork carnitas is ready to be served.
13. For garnish: chopped cherry tomatoes, chopped onion, chopped coriander leaves.
14. Here is my YouTube channel link, you can check it there how did I made this recipe: https://youtu.be/Uw1ESzB72zU.

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