Crockpot Carnitas
Crockpot Carnitas

Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, crockpot carnitas. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Crockpot Carnitas is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Crockpot Carnitas is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have crockpot carnitas using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Crockpot Carnitas:
  1. Get 3 lbs pork (butt or shoulder) cut into one inch pieces
  2. Get 1 sweet onion, diced
  3. Take 3-4 cloves garlic
  4. Prepare 2 cinnamon sticks
  5. Get 1/2 T cumin
  6. Take 1/2 T oregano
  7. Get 1/2 t chipotle chili powder
  8. Get 1/2 t salt
  9. Get 1/4 t pepper
  10. Take 1 large orange (zest and juice)
Steps to make Crockpot Carnitas:
  1. Place diced onion, garlic and cinnamon sticks in bottom of slow cooker.
  2. Mix oregano, cumin, salt, chipotle powder, and pepper in a small bowl.
  3. Pour powder mixture over cubes pork and stir to coat all pieces evenly.
  4. Dump pork over top of onions in crock pot.
  5. Zest some of the orange over top of pork.
  6. Cook on low for 6-8 hours.
  7. Remove cinnamon sticks, squeeze orange juice over pork and stir.
  8. Serve alone, as a burrito or taco filling, over rice, etc.
  9. (If you want it a little crispier, you can spread meat out on a jelly roll pan and broil for a few min.)

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