Name: Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 8 h 30 min
Total time: 8 h 45 min
Yield: 11
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 2½ lb pork shoulder blade roast; 2 tsp kosher salt; black pepper; 6 garlic cloves; 1½ tsp cumin; ½ tsp sazon; ¼ tsp dry oregano; ¾ cup chicken broth; 3 chipotle peppers; 2 bay leaves; ¼ tsp Goya Dry Adobo Seasoning

How To Make Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas

You don’t have to line up at the store for some carnitas. Remake your own Mexican pork carnitas at home with our perfectly seasoned dish.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 8 hours 30 minutes

Total: 8 hours 45 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

2½lbpork shoulder blade roast,boneless, trimmed
2tspkosher salt
black pepper,to taste
6garlic cloves,cut into slivers
1½tspcumin
½tspsazon,homemade or packaged
¼tspdry oregano
¾cupchicken broth,reduced sodium
3chipotle peppers,in adobo sauce, to taste
2bay leaves
¼tspGoya Dry Adobo Seasoning,like

Instructions

Season the pork with salt and pepper.
In a medium sauté pan on medium-high heat, brown the pork on all sides for 10 minutes.
Remove from heat and allow to cool.
Using a sharp knife, insert the blade into the pork to cut small holes.
Insert the garlic slivers all the way into the cut holes.
Season the pork generously with cumin, adobo, sazon, and oregano.
Pour the chicken broth in the crockpot, then add bay leaves and chipotle peppers.
Place the pork in the slow cooker and cover.
Cook on Low for 8 hours.
Shred the pork using two forks, then combine well with the juices accumulated in the cooker.
Remove the bay leaves, then add salt and cumin as needed.
Let it cook another 15 to 30 minutes.
Serve over soft tacos, and enjoy!