Carnitas Delicioso!
Carnitas Delicioso!

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a Best dish, carnitas delicioso!. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Carnitas Delicioso! is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Carnitas Delicioso! is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

You can use Carnitas to make all sorts of meals, but a simple taco topped with a sharp Salsa Verde is my default option. As most of you know carnitas usually has orange juice as an ingredient. We don't do orange juice so I needed a way to make carnitas (or something close) sans OJ.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook carnitas delicioso! using 22 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Carnitas Delicioso!:
  1. Get 1 lb. Lard (no substitute!)
  2. Make ready 1 c. Bacon fat
  3. Get 3-4 lb. Pork butt, cut into large pieces
  4. Get 1 lg. Orange, quartered
  5. Take 1 lg. Lemon, quartered
  6. Get 2 Limes, quartered
  7. Make ready 1 lg. Onion, peeled & quartered
  8. Get 10-12 garlic cloves, peeled
  9. Get 12 jalapeño slices (from a jar)
  10. Take Salt
  11. Take Pepper
  12. Prepare Cumin
  13. Get Garlic powder
  14. Make ready Flour tortillas
  15. Prepare Garnish suggestions:
  16. Get Grated sharp cheddar cheese
  17. Prepare Sour cream
  18. Make ready Salsa
  19. Make ready Cilantro
  20. Get Diced onions
  21. Make ready Pineapple tidbits (seriously good!)
  22. Prepare Refried beans

Carnitas are made by braising or simmering pork in oil or preferably lard until tender. The process takes three to four hours, and the result is very tender and juicy meat. This Instant Pot Crispy Carnitas recipe is so delicious, and extra-easy when made in the pressure cooker! Perfect for tacos, burritos, salads, and more.

Steps to make Carnitas Delicioso!:
  1. Preheat oven to 250°F. Place lard in large (turkey-size) roasting pan and place in oven to melt. Add bacon fat and set aside.
  2. Prep all your ingredients while the lard is melting. The photo shows the cut sizes. A regular large roasting pan, as shown in this photo, is too small for cooking this dish. Use a larger/deeper turkey roasting pan.
  3. NOTE!! I don't recommend a disposable aluminum turkey pan because lime juice eats a hole through aluminum foil! (I learned this the hard way!)
  4. Place pork pieces (fat side up) in the roasting pan with the lard & bacon fat. Squeeze the citrus pieces over the meat, and place them around the meat pieces, skin side down. (The large piece with fat cap has a wide flat bone running the length of the piece, which is why it's bigger.)
  5. Add the garlic cloves, onion quarters and jalapeño slices to the pan. Sprinkle salt, pepper, garlic powder, and cumin over the meat (to taste; I don't measure them).
  6. Lay a sheet of parchment paper over everything to keep the limes from touching the foil. Then tightly cover the pan with aluminum foil, sealing well all around so steam doesn't escape while cooking.
  7. Bake in 250°F oven for 6-1/2 hours. Turn off oven and allow pan to cool before removing foil.
  8. NOTE: At this point, I usually refrigerate the pork pieces (discard fruit and lard) and finish the recipe the next night when I'm ready to serve it. But you can do it all in one day if you start early.
  9. Char the pork pieces under the broiler. Keep an eye on them, flipping the pieces to get an even char. Takes 10-15 minutes.
  10. Serve with warm flour tortillas, your favorite condiments, and refried beans.

Carnitas Enchiladas (AKA Pulled Pork Enchiladas) are a delicious alternative way to eat enchiladas. Rich, crispy carnitas are wrapped in tortillas and covered with a tangy homemade enchilada sauce. Carnitas is a traditional Mexican main dish and filling used in tacos and other dishes. Typically made with less expensive cuts of pork, the cooking method employed for carnitas renders the meat soft. Carnitas tacos are made with crispy and juicy carnitas, red onion, cilantro and toppings!

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