Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, carnitas. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Carnitas, literally meaning "little meats", is a dish of Mexican cuisine that originated in the state of Michoacán. Carnitas are made by braising or simmering pork in oil or preferably lard until tender. The process takes three to four hours, and the result is very tender and juicy meat.
Carnitas is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Carnitas is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook carnitas using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Carnitas:
- Prepare 1 pork shoulder without the bone
- Take 26 oz pork lard or vegetable if you can't find the pork one
- Make ready 4 pork ears
- Make ready 1/2 cup light beer your choice
- Make ready 1/2 cup evaporated milk about (6oz)
- Take 2 oranges cut in half
- Take 1 stick cinnamon
- Get 4 Bay leaves
- Make ready 4 clove garlic
- Make ready 1 pinch Oregano
- Prepare 1 pinch thyme
- Prepare 1 tbsp salt
- Take 1/4 piece of onion
- Get 1 cup water
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Instructions to make Carnitas:
- cut the shoulder into medium size squares
- with the stove off,in a deep pot add the lard and cup of water, the lard has to be cold so it doesn't jump on you, then turn on the stove and let this boil.
- the water is to prevent the lard from frying the meat. Once is boiling add the pork, squeeze in the juice of the oranges and leave the peels in the pot, keep the tempeture on medium.
- Let this cook for 30 min you don't have to cover the pot. stir once in a while to prevent the meat from sticking on the bottom
- add the ears and move the meat around to make sure everything fits in the pot and let it boil for 30 min.
- add onion, garlic, cinnamon, Bay leaves, Oregano, milk, beer and salt. and let it cook for 1 hour.
- by now the meat should be ready. take all the meat out and only the meat not the juice on a colander to drain extra juice.
- Now if you let the juice seat until is cold you can scoop the lard from the top and reuse it or just discard this is up to you I will use.
- Chop the meat and now you can eat it on tacos or serve in a plate with a side of rice and refried beans.
- To top the tacos you need to chop onion, cilantro, add some lime and salsa.
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