Instant Pot or Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas
"This was terrific. Recipe courtesy of Cooking Classy. We added 3 or 4 cinnamon sticks, but recipe posted as written."
photo by DeliciousAsItLooks
- Ready In:
- 10hrs 8mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
7
ingredients
- 3 lbs boneless pork shoulder, trimmed of excess fat
- 3⁄4 cup low sodium chicken broth
- 3⁄4 cup fresh orange juice
- 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 2 teaspoons salt (to taste)
- 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 2 teaspoons dried Mexican oregano
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon dried ancho chile powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cayenne pepper to 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 small yellow onion, chopped
- 6 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- warmed corn tortilla, diced yellow onions, and cilantro for serving
directions
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Slow cooker method:
- Place pork in slow cooker. Pour in chicken broth, orange juice, and lime juice.
- Sprinkle in salt, pepper, cumin, oregano, coriander, chili powder, cayenne pepper, onions, and garlic.
- Cover and cook on low heat for 8 hours.
- Leave liquid in slow cooker, remove pork and shred with 2 forks.
- Spray a rimmed 18x13 inch baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray (I use butter wrappers instead from my butter cubes).
- Place pork on baking sheet, pour over 1 cup reserved broth (try and strain out onions when lading broth), drizzle with oil and toss and spread into an even layer.
- Position oven rack near broiler and preheat broiler to high.
- Broil until pork is browned and crispy in places about 3 to 6 minutes.
- Serve warm with tortillas and desired toppings.
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Instant Pot method:
- Cut pork into 4 chunks and place pork in Instant Pot, pour over chicken broth, orange juice, and lime juice.
- Sprinkle in salt, pepper, cumin, oregano, coriander, chili powder, cayenne pepper, onions, and garlic.
- Cover and seal lid (make sure valve is set to sealing position), press manual or high pressure, and select 60 minutes.
- Once cooking is done, let pressure come down naturally for 10 minutes then use quick release method to release any remaining cooking pressure.
- Once steaming has stopped, remove pork from pressure cooker while leaving broth in pressure cooker.
- Shred pork and proceed with broiling method above.
- Instant Pot method will take approximately 80 minutes plus 10 minutes prep.
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Reviews
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Amazing recipe! I made this in the instant pot and it was some of the best carnitas we've ever had. -
We tried these in the InstaPot last night! AMAZING!!! The pork was so tender that I couldn't even grab it with the tongs. I realized half way through making this that I didn't have any ground coriander so I continued without it and it was still delicious. I'll be adding this to our recipe book. -
This was so good! Followed recipe for the instant pot. Was better than carnitas at restaurant.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
AmyZoe
Nampa, Idaho
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