Description
Savory and tender pork carnitas.
Ingredients
- 1 (6 pound) pork butt roast
- 1 ½ tablespoons salt
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon chile powder
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, or more to taste
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1 onion, coarsely chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, diced, or more to taste
Instructions
- Trim excess fat from pork butt; cut pork into 2-inch cubes and transfer to a large bowl.
- Combine salt
- oregano
- cumin
- black pepper
- chile powder
- and paprika in a small bowl. Rub pork cubes with spice mixture. Coat seasoned pork cubes lightly in olive oil; transfer to a pressure cooker. Cover pork cubes with orange juice
- onion
- and garlic.
- Place lid on the pressure cooker and lock; bring to full pressure over medium heat until pork is no longer pink in the center
- about 60 minutes. Let pressure come down naturally
- about 15 minutes.
- Remove pork from the pressure cooker and shred meat.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr
Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins
Servings: 24