Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, crockpot carnitas. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Crockpot Carnitas is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Crockpot Carnitas is something that I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook crockpot carnitas using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Crockpot Carnitas:
- Make ready 3 lbs pork (butt or shoulder) cut into one inch pieces
- Get 1 sweet onion, diced
- Prepare 3-4 cloves garlic
- Prepare 2 cinnamon sticks
- Prepare 1/2 T cumin
- Take 1/2 T oregano
- Prepare 1/2 t chipotle chili powder
- Make ready 1/2 t salt
- Make ready 1/4 t pepper
- Make ready 1 large orange (zest and juice)
Instructions to make Crockpot Carnitas:
- Place diced onion, garlic and cinnamon sticks in bottom of slow cooker.
- Mix oregano, cumin, salt, chipotle powder, and pepper in a small bowl.
- Pour powder mixture over cubes pork and stir to coat all pieces evenly.
- Dump pork over top of onions in crock pot.
- Zest some of the orange over top of pork.
- Cook on low for 6-8 hours.
- Remove cinnamon sticks, squeeze orange juice over pork and stir.
- Serve alone, as a burrito or taco filling, over rice, etc.
- (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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