Crock pot carnitas
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Ingredients
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- 5 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp black pepper
- ½ tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp oregano
- ¼ tsp ground clove
- 6 cloves garlic cloves
- 5 lb pork shoulder butt roast
Mix the salt, black pepper, ground cumin, oregano and ground clove, and sprinkle all over the pork shoulder cut into large chunks.
- ¼ cup baking grease or lard
Rub the walls of the crock pot with the bacon grease or lard and add the meat.
Loading the crock pot
- ½ whole onion
- 5 whole bay leaves
- 1 whole orange
Add the garlic cloves, half an onion and the bay leaves; squeeze in the juice of the orange and add the peel.
- ½ cup Mexican Coke or regular Coke
After six hours and 45 minutes the carnitas are brown all around and super tender; remove them from the pot.
- tortillas
- lime juice
- cilantro
- onion
- salsa
Serve on tortillas with lime juice, cilantro, onion and salsa.
Carnitas tacos and keeping them warm
To keep warm for a party, return the carnitas to the crock pot with most of the liquid removed, leaving a little behind.