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The best of the best of Mexican food, seasoned pork is slow cooked until tender before gently teasing apart with forks and pan frying to golden, crispy Made with all natural ingredients like traditional Mexican Carnitas, these Carnitas can be made in the slow cooker, pressure cooker or oven. Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas or Mexican Pulled Pork is the best Mexican pork recipe whether you stuff it into a tortilla, taco shell or turn it into a burrito bowl! Ah carnitas, crispy, melt in your mouth, fatty, delicious braised pork.
Mexican Slow Cooked Pulled Pork (Carnitas) is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Mexican Slow Cooked Pulled Pork (Carnitas) is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have mexican slow cooked pulled pork (carnitas) using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Mexican Slow Cooked Pulled Pork (Carnitas):
- Make ready 2 kg pork shoulder/pork butt, skinless, boneless
- Take 1 onion, chopped
- Take 1 jalapeño, deseeded, chopped
- Take 4 cloves garlic, minced
- Get 180 ml freshly squeezed orange juice
- Get Rub
- Get 1 teaspoon black pepper
- Prepare 1 tablespoon oregano
- Prepare 2 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Take 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- Take 1 tablespoon olive oil
Carnitas are the Mexican version of pulled pork. It's traditionally made with pork shoulder (also known as pork butt) because of the higher fat content, which helps the meat stay super tender and juicy while it's cooked. It can be used to make tacos (as pictured in the photos in this post), tostadas, salads. Try these pulled pork tacos made with slow cooker Mexican pulled pork!
Instructions to make Mexican Slow Cooked Pulled Pork (Carnitas):
- Wash the pork shoulder and dry it. Next, combine the rub ingredients and gently massage the pork. The pork can be stored overnight in a plastic bag (optional).
- In a pot, add the pork, onion, jalapeño, garlic, and orange juice, then cover with a lid. Boil on medium heat. Once it boils, turn off the fire and leave it for ~1 hour (the temperature will be kept constant as long as the lid is on). Once an hour has passed, turn on the heat again and boil on medium heat. Repeat this for ~10 hours.
- After ~10 hours, the pork should be tender enough to pull apart with two forks. Shred all the pork and save the juices left in the pot - it’ll be used for the next step.
- To crisp the meat, drizzle olive oil in a non-stick frying pan over high heat and pour some of the juices. Let the meat sear until the juices evaporate and the meat turns golden brown and crispy. It is important to divide the pulled pork into small batches when cooking on the frying pan so it doesn’t overcrowd the pan.
- Serve warm, with flour tortillas or by itself.
The pork is rubbed with spices, slow-cooked, shredded and served with tortillas in tacos or burritos. Instant Pot Mexican Pulled Pork (Carnitas). Slow Cooker Dr Pepper Pulled Pork. My all-time favorite Mexican Pork Carnitas recipe…made extra easy in the Crock-Pot! This slow cooker carnitas recipe is nice and crispy, totally tender and juicy, full of great flavor, and irresistibly delicious.
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