Pork Carnitas

Name: Pork Carnitas
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1.5kg pork shoulder; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp black pepper; 1 tsp cumin; 1 tsp oregano; 1/2 tsp chilli powder; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 1 orange, juiced; 1 lime, juiced; 1/2 cup water; warm corn tortillas, onion, coriander and salsa to serve

Slow-cooked Mexican-American pork confit for tacos and burritos. Spreading the shredded pork out and finishing it under a hot grill crisps the edges into genuine carnitas texture instead of leaving it uniformly soft.

Total time

190 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

180 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

Ingredients

1.5kgpork shoulder

1 tspsalt

1 tspblack pepper

1 tspcumin

1 tsporegano

1/2 tspchilli powder

4 clovesgarlic, minced

1orange, juiced

1lime, juiced

1/2 cupwater

warm corn tortillas, onion, coriander and salsato serve

Instructions

Mix salt, pepper, cumin, oregano and chilli. Rub over pork.

Place in a casserole with garlic, orange juice, lime juice and water.

Braise at 160°C for 3 hours until very tender.

Shred pork. Spread on a tray.

Grill until edges are crispy. Serve in tortillas with onion, coriander and salsa.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

937

Protein

94.6g

Fat

56.5g

Carbs

7.3g

Fiber

1.7g

Sodium

712mg

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