Tasteful Mike's Carnitas Recipes

Mike's Carnitas. Mike's Carnitas This took my students two days to make. The entire neighborhood loved your Memorial Day dish! Mike's EZ Pork Carnitas If you know anything about authentic Mexican cuisine - you know Carnitas are one of the most time consuming, detailed recipes out there to perfect.

This is legendary, ubiquitous street food served from vendor carts all over Mexico and the American Southwest. I may be wrong, but I suspect that this cultural mainstay had a direct influence on the evolution of fajitas and possibly, in part, American pulled pork. I made carnitas a while ago but I braised the pork in salsa verde. You can have Mike's Carnitas using 36 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Mike's Carnitas

1. You need of ● For The First Stage.
2. You need 10 Pounds of Boneless Pork Tenderloin.
3. It's 2 (14 oz) of Cans Beef Broth.
4. Prepare 1 tbsp of Fresh Ground Cumin.
5. You need 1/2 of Dos Equis Beer.
6. Prepare 1 of LG Vidalia Onion.
7. You need 1 of LG Cinnamon Stick.
8. It's 1 tbsp of Sweetened Condensed Milk.
9. Prepare of ● For The Second Stage.
10. It's 4 of LG Jalapeños [halved - deseeded].
11. It's 1/2 of LG Chopped Green Bell Pepper.
12. You need 1/2 Bottle of LG Mexican Coke.
13. It's 1/2 Bottle of Dos Equis Beer.
14. Prepare 1 tbsp of Fresh Ground Cumin.
15. You need 1 tsp of Crushed Mexican Oregano.
16. You need 1 tsp of Crushed Bay Leaves.
17. You need 1/2 of LG Orange [with juice].
18. It's 1 of Medium Lime [with juice].
19. You need of ● For The The Third Stage.
20. You need 2 Pounds of Manteca Lard.
21. It's of ● For The Fourth Stage.
22. You need of Seal Tightly In Tin Foil With One Cup Pork Juice.
23. Prepare 1 Cup of Of Your Favorite Red Salsa [optional].
24. Prepare of ● For The Sides [as needed].
25. You need of Warm Flour Tortillas.
26. It's of Mexican Sour Cream.
27. Prepare Leaves of Fresh Cilantro.
28. You need of Mexican 3 Cheese.
29. You need of Green Salsa.
30. It's of Red Salsa.
31. Prepare of Pico de Gallo.
32. It's of Guacamole Dip.
33. Prepare of Red Onions.
34. It's of White Onions.
35. It's of Sliced Radishes.
36. You need of Sliced Cabbage.

I really like the crispy yet moist and tender texture. I need to make it again soon. MIke, I've never made carnitas but I always order them when out. A recipe for home cooked pulled pork carnitas made simple in the slow cooker, then lightly seared to crispy perfection and served cantina style with warmed tortillas, onion, cilantro and roasted jalapeno peppers.

Mike's Carnitas step by step

1. 10 Pounds of frozen boneless Pork Tender Loin pictured. Dethaw and brine overnight..
2. Add everything in the first stage and allow to simmer in a crock pot for 10 hours. Pull the majority of fluid from your pork and place broth in fridge. You will need it later..
3. Add everything in the second stage and allow to simmer for 2 additional hours in your crock pot..
4. Important: Shread pork into large chunks. Pull and chop all vegetables within the crock pot separately..
5. Stage three. Two pounds of lard pictured..
6. Heat your lard and add your large pork chunks..
7. Fry until crispy on the outside but moist on the inside..
8. Fry pork in batches for 13 minutes a piece..
9. Drain. Then add the juice of one orange and one small lime. Add 2 cups pork juice and 1 cup of your favorite red salsa. Salsa optional..
10. Chop up your vegetables and add to fried pork..
11. Mix well..
12. Seal tightly with tin foil and leave in the oven at 250° for 1 hour or until ready to serve..
13. Serve with assorted condiments and ice cold Mexican beers..
14. Enjoy!.

I am a man in love with Mexican pork carnitas. There are worse things to love. We're talking incredibly juicy pulled pork shoulder that is seasoned and seared, then slow cooked in. This looks like a great recipe. I love Carnitas, but have been limiting my pork consumption because of a few sources I have recently read about the connection of cancer to pork.