Description
Carnitas means ‘little meats’ and is traditionally fried then braised. This recipe is made much easier using the slow cooker but the results are just as tasty. This makes a great filling for tamales, enchiladas, tacos and burritos. This filling is also great combined with your favorite barbecue sauce and served on buns.
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- ½ teaspoon crumbled dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon ground coriander
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 (4 pound) boneless pork shoulder roast
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 cups chicken broth
Instructions
- Mix salt
- garlic powder
- cumin
- oregano
- coriander
- and cinnamon together in a bowl; coat pork with spice mixture. Place bay leaves in the bottom of a slow cooker and arrange pork on top. Pour chicken broth around the sides of pork
- being careful not to rinse off spice mixture.
- Cover and cook on Low
- turning after 5 hours
- until pork shreds easily with a fork
- about 10 hours in total.
- When the pork is tender
- remove from the slow cooker; shred with two forks. Use cooking liquid as needed to moisten the meat.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 10 hrs
Total Time: 10 hrs 10 mins
Servings: 10