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Slow-cooked Pork Carnitas
This recipe makes a lot and is super easy. A whole roast usually makes enough for a few meals (depending on how many people will be eating it). Leftovers…
- 25 min hands-on
- 525 min total
- Serves 10
- about $4–7 a serving
- Pork
- skillet
- large pot
- slow cooker
Open it in the app → Scaled list, tap-off ingredients, and cook mode with timers. The iPhone app is coming soon; the web mockup runs it now.
Ingredients serves 10
- 2½ lbs. boneless pork shoulder
- 6 clovesgarlic, cut into slivers
- 1½ teaspoons cumin
- ½ teaspoonsazon
- ¼ teaspoondry oregano
- ¾ cuplow sodium chicken brothcheck the label: may contain gluten, soy
- 2-3chipotle peppers in adobo saucecheck the label: may contain gluten, soy
- 2bay leaves
- ¼ teaspoondry adobo seasoningcheck the label: may contain dairy, gluten, soy
Method one step at a time, with timers in the app
- Season pork with kosher salt and pepper.
- In a medium sauté pan on medium-high heat, brown pork on all sides.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool, about 10 minutes.⏱ 10 min
- Using a sharp knife, insert blade into pork, cutting small holes and insert garlic slivers as far in as you can.
- Pour chicken broth in slow cooker.
- Add pork and season with cumin, adobo, sazon, and oregano.
- Add bay leaves and chipotle peppers.
- Cover and cook low for 8 hours.⏱ 480 min
- After 8 hours, shred pork using 2 forks and combine with juices.⏱ 480 min
- Let cook for another 15-30 mins.⏱ 15 min
Allergens, with the fine print read
- ⚠Contains none of the nine major allergens we track, as written.
- ?Check the label: low sodium chicken broth may contain gluten, soy, depending on the brand.
- ?Check the label: chipotle peppers in adobo sauce may contain gluten, soy, depending on the brand.
- ?Check the label: dry adobo seasoning may contain dairy, gluten, soy, depending on the brand.
- !These tags haven't had their final human sign-off yet. Always read the label.
Original recipe by sam, published in the public domain by Public Domain Recipes (Unlicense). Shown as written; not yet tested in the Socrabites kitchen.