Carnitas
Mark published on April 29, 2009

Carnitas

Total time: 3 hours
Yields: 4 to 6
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Ingredients

  • 2 pounds boneless pork butt
  • 0.25 pound onion, cut in half
  • 2 garlic cloves, peeled
  • 1 teaspoon peppercorns
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 0.5 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
  • 4 cups water

Instructions

Combine all ingredients in a saucepan, using enough water to cover meat to depth of about half an inch from top of pork. Bring to boil.

Cover and let simmer about two hours.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Remove pork from broth, reserving cooking liquid. Place small rack in shallow roasting pan and put pork butt, fat side up, on it. Place in oven and bake one hour.

Shred meat and return it to saucepan, adding enough of cooking liquid to barely cover. This will prevent pork from becoming too dry. Before adding meat to tortillas, drain it, or serve carnitas hot or cold.

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