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