Pork Carnitas Tacos

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chef97
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Pork Carnitas Tacos

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Ingredients
5 sprigs thyme or 1 teaspoon dry
3 pounds boneless pork butt (fat cap intact), cut into 2-inch chunks
5 cloves garlic
2 bay leaves
1/2 cup vegetable oil
Juice of 2 limes
1 cup orange juice
2 each fresh jalapeno peppers seeded then minced.
2 teaspoons Kosher salt
Serve w/ corn tortillas warmed, and assorted toppings like shredded cabbage or lettuce, your favorite salsa and shredded cheese and or sour cream.....

Directions
Tie the thyme sprigs together with kitchen twine; combine the pork, garlic, bay leaves and thyme bundle in a large Dutch oven or heavy bottom pot. Add the vegetable oil, lime juice, orange juice, 1 cup water and 2 teaspoons salt and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Reduce the heat to low; cover and gently simmer, stirring occasionally, 1 hour.
Uncover the pot and continue simmering, stirring once or twice, until the pork is tender, about another 1 hour, 15 minutes. Increase the heat to medium; cook, stirring occasionally, until the liquid is mostly evaporated, about 35 more minutes. Discard the thyme bundle and bay leaves, then increase the heat to medium high so the pork starts to fry. Cook, stirring and scraping the bottom of the pot occasionally, until the pork is golden brown and crisp in spots, about 10 more minutes. Serve in tortillas with assorted toppings. Chef's Notes: Be careful when handling fresh Jalapeno peppers use vinyl gloves or plastic baggies on your hands........ And as always happy cooking!
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gomez1012
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Re: Pork Carnitas Tacos

Post by gomez1012 »

sound great. think im going to hit up some carnitas for lunch now lol
chef97
Posts: 18192
Joined: Sun Oct 08, 2006 7:09 pm
Location: Walla Walla, WA

Re: Pork Carnitas Tacos

Post by chef97 »

gomez1012 wrote:sound great. think im going to hit up some carnitas for lunch now lol
Yeah, it takes a long time and a bit of work but it mostly cooks itself..... You can do it in a crock pot and they are pretty good too but they won't be crispy which I like..... Anyways, when it's done the family can go make a couple of tacos for themselves whenever they feel like eating......
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