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Since graduating college I have started to enjoy cooking A LOT! I love finding new recipes to try. So as I find and try new recipes I will post on here for you guys to try and let you know which ones I would not recommend! Most of my recipes come from online websites with a little tweaking of my own.



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Friday, May 20, 2011

Slow Cooker Carnitas

Watch out!  This will make your place smell delicious :-)

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon crumbled dried oregano
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 (4 pound) boneless pork shoulder roast
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 cups chicken broth

Directions

  1. Mix together salt, garlic powder, cumin, oregano and cinnamon in a bowl. Coat pork with the spice mixture. Place the bay leaves in the bottom of a slow cooker and place the pork on top. Pour the chicken broth around the sides of the pork, being careful not to rinse off the spice mixture.
  2. Cover and cook on Low until the pork shreds easily with a fork, about 10 hours. Turn the meat after it has cooked for 5 hours. When the pork is tender, remove from slow cooker, and shred with two forks. Use cooking liquid as needed to moisten the meat.  I also then put on a baking sheet and placed in oven on 300 degrees to get it to a kind of crispy texture and bake in the yummy juices! 
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2 comments:

  1. TygerMay 20, 2011 at 12:15 PM

    It's true! This is amazing! Loved it. :P Yum.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2013 at 8:59 PM

    I had no idea you had been doing this for so long. This sounds really good. I'll try it when I get a chance.

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