*Guacamole Recipe is at bottom of post*
Me and my family love good mexican food. This recipe is one of their most popular meats to use in a taco. If you go into an authentic mexican market, you'll see a huge pan of these in their meat department deli, pre-cooked and ready to buy. So next time your craving tacos, give this recipe a try, it's delicious.
Family Rated~5 Stars
Slow Cooker Carnitas
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon crumbled dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
1/4 onion powder
1 (4 pound) boneless pork loin roast
1 cup chicken broth
Mix together salt, garlic powder, cumin, oregano, coriander, onion powder, and chicken broth in the crockpot and add the roast.
Cover and cook on low about 10 hours or on high for 5 hours, until the pork shreds easily with a fork. Turn the meat over about half way through the cooking time. When the pork is tender, remove from slow cooker, and shred with two forks.
Place the shredded meat in a pan with some of the broth and bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until most of the liquid has evaporated. This step gets the edges crispy and resembles authentic style carnitas which is usually fried in lard.
Make as you would with a taco, with tortillas and your choice of toppings. I used chopped tomatoes, shredded colby jack cheese, sour cream and guacamole. *recipe below*
Guacamole
3 ripe avocados
1/2 small onion, minced
The juice of 1 fresh lime
1/2 teaspoon sea salt or to taste
a dash of garlic powder
1 medium tomato, seeds and pulp removed, chopped
Cut avocados in half. Remove seed. Scoop out avocado from the peel, put in a mixing bowl.
Using a fork, mash the avocado. Add the chopped onion, lime juice, salt and garlic powder and mash some more. Add the tomato to the guacamole and stir.
Place one of the avocado seeds back in the guacamole to help prevent browning. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Serves 2-4. (Of course I had to double this recipe for my family) :)
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6 comments:
We really enjoy mexican as well. I don't normally cook pork, is this cut of pork fatty or lean? I can't handle it if it's fatty...I'm a wus that way
My sister's mother-in-law (from Mexico) was supposed to make me carnitas the night I went into labor. Needless to say I didn't get to eat them. I can't wait to try these!
Tara~There are several different pork roast you could use, the one I bought had marbling through out the roast, but not a lot of excess fat on the outside of it. Just pick a lean cut.
Johnlyn~These are so tasty, let me know what you think of them if you get a chance to try it.
These look delicious. But what really caught my eye was the plate. I have the same one!
I love carnitas! We'll have to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing!
Yummy,yum,yum!
Want to do this one for sure!
Blessings,
Susie
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