The Meat - Carnitas:
Place all of the
ill be deglazing) add the carnitas and any juice from the
t.
Serve pork carnitas in a corn tortilla with
tMake Ahead: You can make carnitas up to three days before
ork, shred pork.
Transfer carnitas to platter.
Place avocado
GET all ingredients needed for recipe and place in work station
if you want extra-crispy carnitas, fry approximately 25 minutes.) Watch
Trim excess fat from pork butt then cut into 3 inch chunks. Set aside.
Add lard and water to a cold stock pot or dutch oven. Turn heat to medium high.
Once lard has liquified, carefully add meat.
Squeeze the juice from the oranges directly into the pot of meat; add the spent oranges to the pot.
Simmer on medium, uncovered, for one hour. Stir the meat every 15 minutes to ensure it doesn't stick to the bottom of the pot.
Add the garlic, onion, cinnamon, bay leaves, salt, oregano, thyme, milk and beer to the pot. Stir well to ...
r tacos. (My Burrito Filling Recipe).
GRILLING:
Preheat Grill
mixing bowl hand shredded Carnitas meat and the rest of
edium heat; add carnitas. Cook, without moving carnitas until crisp and browned
ore.
Mix salt, cilantro, Mexican seasoning, cumin, basil, oregano, garlic
ot and reserve for the recipe build.
Season the ground
Set aside.
Heat the carnitas meat in the microwave until
ervings.
MASA DOUGH: Double recipe above and whip lard, butter
ortions. Double or triple the recipe if you are feeding a
choice and proceed with recipe.
Depending on size of
Carnitas: Trim fat from pork. Cut
xcess moisture out of the carnitas and arrange on top of
ortar and pestle or in Mexican stone molcajete.
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