Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, tacos carnitas. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Tacos Carnitas is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Tacos Carnitas is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook tacos carnitas using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Tacos Carnitas:
Get 4-5 lbs pork butt or shoulder
Prepare 3 tsp salt
Make ready 1 tsp black pepper
Make ready 1 tbsp dried oregano
Make ready 1 tbsp ground cumin
Take 1 tbsp garlic powder (or 8 gloves smashed)
Prepare 2 tbsp lime juice (or two limes juiced)
Make ready 1 large white onion cut into circles about half a pinkies width
Get 1/2 cup orange juice
Get 3/4 cup coke
Take Toppings of Carnitas/tortilla
Get 2 stalks cilantro cut up finely
Make ready 1 large white onion diced
Prepare White or yellow corn tortillas
Steps to make Tacos Carnitas:
In slower cooker add pork (it may help if you cut it into 6 or so big chunks
Add the salt, pepper, oregano, cumin, garlic, onions, lime juice, orange juice, and coke into slow cooker
Cover on high heat for 6-8 hours - (Until meat falls apart)
Remove pork and shred with two forks. (Do not discard the juice)
(Optional) transfer the pulled pork to a baking sheet LINED WITH FOIL. Use a bbq spread brush spread some of the juice from crock pot over the meat. Put on broil till a desired Crispyness. THEN Put meat back into slow cooker to sit in the juices and be served from the pot.
On a frying pan on medium heat put on corn tortillas.
They should not quite be browned but right before that. Make sure you flip and do both sides. (Should be served soft and warm)
Assemble tacos with the meat, some of the diced white onion, and sprinkle on some cilantro
I love the Herdez mild guacamole salsa on top too! Also if you have a few fresh limes cut into wedges to squeeze on top! That’s the best!
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