Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, pork carnitas. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Pork carnitas is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Pork carnitas is something that I have loved my whole life.
Many find carnitas a little dry or flavorless. These have a great, distinctive flavor and are requested by friends and family over and over. Serve with warm, fresh tortillas and salsa.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pork carnitas using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Pork carnitas:
- Make ready 1 lb slow cooked pork shoulder
- Make ready 1 bell pepper
- Take 1 onion
- Make ready 2 clove garlic
- Take 1 bunch cilantro
- Take 2 hot peppers, fresh
- Take 1 flour tortillas
- Make ready 1 salt
- Make ready 1 pepper
- Prepare optional
- Get 1 Sriracha
- Prepare 1 Salsa
- Prepare 1 Avocado
- Prepare 1 Shredded cheese
- Get 1 Jalapeño slices
- Get 1 Sour cream
Pork Carnitas are pieces of pork meat slow-cooked in copper cauldrons in an open fire. When it comes to tacos, Pork Carnitas Tacos are the best of the best. When I was in Mexico last year, much research was done to hunt down the BEST carnitas joints that the locals haunt! Carnitas, literally meaning "little meats", is a dish of Mexican cuisine that originated in the state of Michoacán.
Instructions to make Pork carnitas:
- Prepare vegetables by thinly slicing the onions, julienning the bell and hot peppers, chopping the cilantro, and either crushing or finely mincing the garlic. 5 minutes.
- Heat a medium sized skillet to medium high heat. Once heated add ~ 1 tbsp of oil to the pan and then start sautéing the onions and bell peppers for ~ 3-5 minutes
- Once the peppers and onions have color on them and the garlic and reduce the heat down to medium and cook for ~1-3 minutes
- Add the hot peppers and pork and continue to fry until the pork is slightly crispy, ~ 5-10 minutes
- Reduce the heat to low and stir in the cilantro and add salt and pepper and any other seasonings to taste. Keep warm and serve with warm tortillas and any toppings on the side
Carnitas are made by braising or simmering pork in oil or preferably lard until tender. These Crispy Pork Carnitas are seriously bursting with flavor yet so simple to make! This is the meat you want for your tacos, burritos, sandwiches, you name it. The BEST Instant Pot Pork Carnitas are easy to make at home with your electric pressure cooker. A quick pop under the broiler at the end ensures that the carnitas get nice and crispy!
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