Recipe of Speedy Tacos Carnitas

Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, tacos carnitas. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Tacos Carnitas is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Tacos Carnitas is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook tacos carnitas using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Tacos Carnitas:

1. Prepare 4-5 lbs pork butt or shoulder
2. Take 3 tsp salt
3. Make ready 1 tsp black pepper
4. Prepare 1 tbsp dried oregano
5. Take 1 tbsp ground cumin
6. Make ready 1 tbsp garlic powder (or 8 gloves smashed)
7. Take 2 tbsp lime juice (or two limes juiced)
8. Make ready 1 large white onion cut into circles about half a pinkies width
9. Take 1/2 cup orange juice
10. Get 3/4 cup coke
11. Prepare Toppings of Carnitas/tortilla
12. Prepare 2 stalks cilantro cut up finely
13. Get 1 large white onion diced
14. Make ready White or yellow corn tortillas

Steps to make Tacos Carnitas:

1. In slower cooker add pork (it may help if you cut it into 6 or so big chunks
2. Add the salt, pepper, oregano, cumin, garlic, onions, lime juice, orange juice, and coke into slow cooker
3. Cover on high heat for 6-8 hours - (Until meat falls apart)
4. Remove pork and shred with two forks. (Do not discard the juice)
5. (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.
6. On a frying pan on medium heat put on corn tortillas.
7. They should not quite be browned but right before that. Make sure you flip and do both sides. (Should be served soft and warm)
8. Assemble tacos with the meat, some of the diced white onion, and sprinkle on some cilantro
9. 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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