Ingredients

How to make it

  • 1.Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine seasoned salt, cumin, coriander, mexican oregano, thyme, white pepper, ground black peppercorns; stir to mix together. Place pork into dutch oven and press spice mixture onto pork shoulder evenly. Place diced garlic on top of mixture on pork. Place the limes, chile, onion,and bay leaves into Dutch oven surrounding pork. Add the 2 cups of water and chicken powder dutch oven surrounding pork and cover pot.
  • 2.Place into oven for 3-1/2 hours, checking every hour and turning the pork. During the last hour of cooking remove pork and cut pork into 4 large chunks. Place back into oven for last hour.
  • 3.Once done remove pork from pot and place onto a baking sheet. Shred pork with forks, pour 1/4 cup of juices over pork on baking sheet. Place back into oven for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and place onto dish and serve.
  • Note: Your pork should be nice and crisp, if you would like it more or less crispy you may adjust the cooking time.

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  • elgourmand 12 years ago
    Really nice post. You do find crispyfied carnitas in Mexico. Don't recall seeing it in restaurants much but in private homes it's common enough. Lovely stuff. RJ
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  • valinkenmore 13 years ago
    Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!
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