Turtles Braised Carnitas
From turtle66 16 years ago
Ingredients
- 5 lb. Boston pork butt, trimmed of fat, cut into 3x3-inch chunks shopping list
- 1 onion, chopped shopping list
- 7 cloves garlic, chopped shopping list
- 2 bay leaf shopping list
- 2 cups orange juice shopping list
- 1 cups cola shopping list
- 4 cups chicken stock shopping list
- salt and pepper, to taste shopping list
- olive oil shopping list
How to make it
- Heat a large 8 quart or so Braising pan/pot
- add oil just to coat bottom of pan
- Season Pork generously with Salt & Pepper
- Brown pork in heated pan (Working in batches,add more oil if needed)
- add all of the Browned pork to the pan along with the remaining ingredients except for 2 cups of the chicken stock
- Mix well and braise covered over medeum heat, add chicken stock to keep fluids up to the half way point up the side of the Carnitas through out the braising use water if you run out of stock
- braise till pork is very tender and can easily be shredded with a fork, about 2 1/2-3 hours give or take.
- reseason with salt & pepper transfer to a serving bowl. (Option: I like to crisp up my Carnitas by sauteing the shredded braised Carnitas in a hot nonstick pan with a little oil frying till tender crisp just before serving)................Yum
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Good carnitas are none less than an art form. Thanks for the post.
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omg this sounds fantastic bring in on.... ill be over for dinner hahahahahaa
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I love carnitas. This is the recipe I have been looking for!
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