Recipe

Pork Carnitas Recipe

	Bojangles42 / All my dishes 9 months ago This is a little time-consuming to prepare but it worth the effort. This meat can be used to fill tamales or as a filling for tacos. I love to put the filling in a flour tortillas, fold them in half like a taco and then put them on a hot lightly oil... More Prep:30m Cook:120m Servings:8	Bojangles42
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Ingredients

3 lbs pork (Boston butt roast is good)

1 T Kosher salt

5 ancho chiles

5 pasillo chiles

5 guajillo chiles

1 dried chiptle chile

2 T minced canned chipotle chiles in adobo

2 + 2 teas oregano (Mexican if possible)

2 + 2 teas ground cumin

8 cloves garlic

1/2 teas cinnamon (Mexican canella is better)

juice from 2 limes

1 15 oz can Rotel tomatoes and chiles

1 T lard or olive oil

Directions

Make a paste with the minced canned chipotle, 2 teas oregano, 2 teas cumin, salt, and 4 cloves of garlic that has been pasted (to make garlic paste crush and mince the garlic, add the kosher salt, and press and drag the flat of the knife back and forth over the salt/garlic. It quickly forms a coarse paste)

Rub the pork with the paste.

Place the pork in a heavy, cover pan.

Add enough water to go half way up the sides of the pork

Bring water to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Cover and stew for 90 -120 minute. The pork should fall apart.

Remove pork and shred. Reserve 1 cup of the liquid.

clean and seed the ancho, pasillo, and guajillo chiles.

Toast on a hot griddle for a few seconds

Place the toasted chiles and the dried chipotle in a pan of simmering water (4 cups)

Simmer for 10-15 minutes until the chiles are soft and pliable

Place the chiles in a blender with the remaining oregano, cumin, and garlic.

Add the canned tomatoes and chiles including the juice

Add the cinnamon and lime juice

Add the cup of reserved liquid

Process until smooth

Taste and season with salt

Heat the lard or olive oil in a large pan.

Add the rojo sauce and fry for 2 minutes.

Put the shredded pork in a pot (the one it was cooked in will work)

Add enough rojo sauce to thoroughly coat the pork.

Reheat and checking seasoning.

Add salt or rojo sauce as needed

Serve with warm corn or flour tortilla or use as tamale filling

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Comments

peetabear 9 months ago said:
This does sound good... I love different meats to put into corn tortillas.... thank you for the recipe and great instructions..^5

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