Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, super tender carnitas. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Super Tender Carnitas is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Super Tender Carnitas is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have super tender carnitas using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Super Tender Carnitas:
- Prepare 3.5 pounds pork shoulder, cut into 1.5"chunks
- Get 2 teaspoons salt to start
- Get 1 onion, peeled and sliced into 1/2" strips
- Prepare 6 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed
- Get optional: 1 teaspoon cumin, 1 Tablespoon dried oregano
- Make ready 1 large orange
- Get 1 large lime
- Get 2 bay leaves
- Get 1.5 cups water
- Prepare 1 Tablespoon distilled white or apple cider vinegar (makes it extra tender)
Steps to make Super Tender Carnitas:
- Cut your pork into roughly 1.5" chunks and season with the salt. Then, in a large pot preheated to medium high with about a teaspoon of oil, sear on two sides in 2 or 3 equal batches for about 3 minutes per side, until they have a good brown crust on them.
- Throw all the seared carnitas back into the pot and add onion, garlic, bay leaves (and optional cumin and oregano) into the pot and mix, letting the onions saute until they start to turn translucent. (A minute or two.)
- Squeeze all the juice from the orange and lime into the pot then add the water and vinegar.
- Bring to a boil, covered, for a minute or so. Once it's been boiling for a minute, turn the heat down to medium low and simmer, completely covered, for 45 to 60 minutes, stirring occasionally. (Maybe every 15 minutes or so.) - - Check the seasoning at this point - you might like more salt or a little more acid from the citrus. - - Then simmer for another 15 minutes with the lid askew.
- Your carnitas should be moist, delicious, and fork tender by this point. Enjoy!
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