Above: Served with warm corn tortillas, lettuce, avocado and sour cream
| Shredded Pork Carnitas |
Recipe Type: Mexican
Prep time: 45 mins
Cook time: 3 hours
Total time: 3 hours 45 mins
Serves: 6
Suggested serving with warm corn tortillas, lettuce, avocado and sour cream. Also delicious with rice.
Ingredients
- 1 Pork Loin approx 2-2.5 lbs
- 3 Dried large chilis such as ancho or New Mexico
- 2 Tbsp oil
- 4 Cloves of Garlic
- 1 Tbsp Cumin
- 2 Tbsp Paprika
- 1 Tbsp Red Pepper Flakes
- 1 Tsp Black Pepper
- 1 Tsp Salt
- 2 Cups onions sliced lengthwise
- 1 1/2 Cup Vegetable Broth
- 4 Cups Orange Juice
- Juice from two limes
Instructions
- Soak dried chilis in warm water till soft (several hours)
- Cut pork into two inch cubes
- Place in a bowl and season with 1 tbsp oil and dried spices
- Remove chilis from water, cut off stems, de-seed and mince
- Mash garlic cloves with salt
- Put minced chilis and garlic in a bowl and set aside
- Heat pan with remaining oil and brown meat for several minutes and then return to bowl
- Sauté onions in meat pan until starting to soften. De-glaze pan with 1/2 cup of broth
- Cook for another few minutes
- Add meat, rest of broth, orange and lime juice
- Simmer on low for 3 hours
- Pull apart meat with a fork
Brown the meat.
Add the chili and garlic
Here’s the dried chils I used.
Onions sauteing in with the spices
After adding all the liquid, ready to simmer for 3 hours
After pulling apart with a fork
