Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Slow Cooker Carnitas






I love carnitas and I love tacos, together they are absolutely delicious! Molly at Make It Fresh has a great recipe for slow cooker carnitas. I love my crock pot--nothing is better than dinner being ready when you come home at night!





First, I browned the rib-less pork shoulder in a pan with butter for about seven minutes on each side. I seasoned each side with salt and pepper before searing.





After searing a cut pockets in the pork shoulder and filled with garlic.






Place the pork shoulder in the crock pot, I filled with a can of chicken stock, diced onions, diced habanero pepper, and diced dried pasilla peppers. Let cook for six to eight hours, turning occasionally.


Shred the pork with two forks. I combined the shredded pork with half cup of  the stock from the crock pot, and let it simmer for twenty minutes.






I served the carnitas with beet cabbage slaw and mango salsa for a delicious easy meal!

4 comments:

  1. Yum! This looks good. I'm always looking for new slow cooker recipes. May need to try this one out.

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  2. Carnitas is one of my favorite things to eat. I will have to try this recipe. Sounds delicious with mango salsa.

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  3. This looks so good and I love using my crock pot! Going to try this one for sure! Thanks for sharing

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  4. This looks so delicious and easy! My favorite kind! Thank you so much for sharing at A Bouquet of Talent last week. So sorry just now making my rounds. It's been one of those weeks. :)

    Hope you are having a great weekend.
    Kathy

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