Pork Carnitas
Juicy, tender pork carnitas is so easy to make! No fuss, no hassle. Serve as tacos or burrito bowls. So easy, so so good.
With how busy Matt and I are, we don’t have time to make good food! Slow cooker meals have now become our favorite way to make dinner.
We made pork carnitas the other night and they were to die for! Matt loves his Mexican food! Give this a try!
Pork Carnitas
Ingredients
1/2 tablespoon chili powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 pounds of pork shoulder
3 cloves garlic, peeled
1 onion, quartered
1 orange juiced
1 lime juiced
Pork Carnitas
Directions
1. In a small bowl, combine chili powder, cumin, oregano, salt, and pepper. Season the pork loin with spice mixture, rubbing it thoroughly on all sides.
2. Place pork loin, garlic, onions, orange juice, and lime juice into the slow cooker.
3. Cover and cook on low heat for 8 hours.
4. Remove pork from the slow cooker and shred the meat before returning to the pot with juices. Season with salt and keep warm for 30 additional minutes.
5. We took the tortillas and heated them in a pan and melted the cheese on top. Then added lettuce, pork, tomatoes, sour cream, and squeezed lime juice to taste. They were delicious!
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That looks wonderful. What kind of cheese goes best in the carnitas? Never had them before. Thank you!
We used a Colby Jack and Mozzarella mixture! Give them a try it's awesome!!
Oh yes! Slow cooker. This has to be amazing and I will have to pin it. Linking up from Favorite Things Blog Hop.
These look delish! Pinning and trying this week! Found you at the Pintastic Pinterest Party!
Oh my goodness, do these ever look fantastic!! I love anything that I can throw in the slow cooker too!
Pinning this one to my Deliberate Crockpot board.
Thanks for sharing and for linking up to the #SHINEbloghop.
Wishing you a lovely day.
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That sounds absolutely delicious! I'm pinning this one. 🙂
Delicious!.
Thanks Everybody!! They were really good!
This sound delicious! I love making carnitas in the slow cooker, so easy and delicious! 🙂
This sounds delicious! I just moved from Texas to Finland and we can't get carnitas here unless you make it yourself so I am SOOO excited I found this!
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I love carnitas. Thanks for the recipe. Can't wait to try it.
Bev
This dish looks fabulous! My family loves Mexican food! I am totally making this for dinner one night!
~Jen
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That looks yummy and seems so so simple too. Definitely a fan of the slow cooker. Will be pinning this!
Thanks for linking up with the #bestoftheblogosphere
Hi Cassie! Yum! These look delicious. Thanks so much for linking up to Thriving on Thursdays. I'm featuring these at tomorrow's party. Hope to see you girls again.
Anne @ Domesblissity
YUM!! I'm definitely pinning this recipe, ladies! Thank you so much for sharing at The Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop!!!
These look so yummy!! Can't wait to try your recipe. Theresa @DearCreatives
Looks delicious I must try these – Thanks for linking up to Pin Worthy Wednesday, I have pinned your post to the Pin Worthy Wednesday Pinterest Board.
These carnitas look great! Love the orange and lime 🙂 If you had a spare moment, I would be delighted if you'd drop this (and anything else you'd like to share) by at the #PureBlogLove anything goes link party! You can find me here: http://picnicnz.blogspot.co.nz/
This look super yummy! Thanks for linking up for the Best of the Blogosphere linky party!
This looks great, thanks for sharing at Good Morning Mondays. Blessings
Yummy! This is going to be a feature at the Retro Re-Pin Party on Somebody's Dinner. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Yummy! This is going to be a feature at the Retro Re-Pin Party on Somebody's Dinner. Thanks for sharing 🙂
That looks delicious. My slow cooker is definitely a friend on busy days, especially through these winter months. Trying these for sure. Thank you for sharing at Inspire Me Wednesday. Featuring you in this week's issue.
My mouth is watering just looking at these! Yum!! Thanks for linking up at Creative Spark. Hope you'll join us again this week 🙂