Recipe of Any-night-of-the-week Super Tender Carnitas

Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, super tender carnitas. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Super Tender Carnitas is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Super Tender Carnitas is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook super tender carnitas using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Super Tender Carnitas:

1. Make ready 3.5 pounds pork shoulder, cut into 1.5"chunks
2. Get 2 teaspoons salt to start
3. Make ready 1 onion, peeled and sliced into 1/2" strips
4. Take 6 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed
5. Make ready optional: 1 teaspoon cumin, 1 Tablespoon dried oregano
6. Make ready 1 large orange
7. Make ready 1 large lime
8. Take 2 bay leaves
9. Make ready 1.5 cups water
10. Prepare 1 Tablespoon distilled white or apple cider vinegar (makes it extra tender)

Instructions to make Super Tender Carnitas:

1. Cut your pork into roughly 1.5" chunks and season with the salt. Then, in a large pot preheated to medium high with about a teaspoon of oil, sear on two sides in 2 or 3 equal batches for about 3 minutes per side, until they have a good brown crust on them.
2. Throw all the seared carnitas back into the pot and add onion, garlic, bay leaves (and optional cumin and oregano) into the pot and mix, letting the onions saute until they start to turn translucent. (A minute or two.)
3. Squeeze all the juice from the orange and lime into the pot then add the water and vinegar.
4. Bring to a boil, covered, for a minute or so. Once it's been boiling for a minute, turn the heat down to medium low and simmer, completely covered, for 45 to 60 minutes, stirring occasionally. (Maybe every 15 minutes or so.) - - Check the seasoning at this point - you might like more salt or a little more acid from the citrus. - - Then simmer for another 15 minutes with the lid askew.
5. Your carnitas should be moist, delicious, and fork tender by this point. Enjoy!

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