How to Make Ultimate Mexican Slow Cooked Pulled Pork (Carnitas)

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, mexican slow cooked pulled pork (carnitas). One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Mexican Slow Cooked Pulled Pork (Carnitas) is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Mexican Slow Cooked Pulled Pork (Carnitas) is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have mexican slow cooked pulled pork (carnitas) using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Mexican Slow Cooked Pulled Pork (Carnitas):

1. Make ready 2 kg pork shoulder/pork butt, skinless, boneless
2. Take 1 onion, chopped
3. Make ready 1 jalapeño, deseeded, chopped
4. Make ready 4 cloves garlic, minced
5. Make ready 180 ml freshly squeezed orange juice
6. Prepare Rub
7. Take 1 teaspoon black pepper
8. Take 1 tablespoon oregano
9. Take 2 1/2 teaspoon salt
10. Prepare 2 teaspoons ground cumin
11. Get 1 tablespoon olive oil

Steps to make Mexican Slow Cooked Pulled Pork (Carnitas):

1. Wash the pork shoulder and dry it. Next, combine the rub ingredients and gently massage the pork. The pork can be stored overnight in a plastic bag (optional).
2. In a pot, add the pork, onion, jalapeño, garlic, and orange juice, then cover with a lid. Boil on medium heat. Once it boils, turn off the fire and leave it for ~1 hour (the temperature will be kept constant as long as the lid is on). Once an hour has passed, turn on the heat again and boil on medium heat. Repeat this for ~10 hours.
3. After ~10 hours, the pork should be tender enough to pull apart with two forks. Shred all the pork and save the juices left in the pot - it’ll be used for the next step.
4. To crisp the meat, drizzle olive oil in a non-stick frying pan over high heat and pour some of the juices. Let the meat sear until the juices evaporate and the meat turns golden brown and crispy. It is important to divide the pulled pork into small batches when cooking on the frying pan so it doesn’t overcrowd the pan.
5. Serve warm, with flour tortillas or by itself.

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