We are travelling this time to Mexico! And we are cooking something that every Mexican food lover (like us) loves! The famous Carnitas!
This pork preparation will really amaze you for its floral and fresh flavor, but also because you can use it everywhere! In tacos, salads, or with any side! Think of something are there you have it!
The traditional Mexican carnitas is usually cooked for long periods of time, but it has several changes in temperature during its preparation. But… today nobody got time for that!
That is why we are going to cheat using a pressure cooker!
If you have an instant pot (totally recommended!), it is going to be way easier. If you have the traditional pressure cooker you are going to have to watch it and count the time. Anyways, this recipe is quite forgiving so worry not!
Once they are ready, you just have to shred them and broil them for a few minutes in the oven to get a crispy and awesome flavour!
The Best Pork Carnitas
Course: MainCuisine: MexicanDifficulty: Easy8
servings15
minutes30
minutesThe easy and fast pork carnitas are the core of your next Mexican meal!
Ingredients
1.5 kg pork shoulder (3 lbs.), cut in 3 cm cubes
2 tsp minced garlic (3 cloves)
12 g salt (2 tsp kosher salt)
8 g light brown sugar (2 tsp)
1 tbsp ground cumin
2 tsp dried oregano
2 tsp dried basil
3 tbsp fresh coriander (or 1 tsp ground coriander)
1 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp red chili powder
2 oranges sliced in quarters
1 lime sliced in half (well washed)
1 cup of chicken stock (well washed)
Directions
- In a bowl, combine the garlic, salt, sugar and spices.
- Rub the spice mix into the pork cubes. Use all of it!
- Transfer the pork into de pressure cooker with all the remaining spice rub (don’t lose anything 🙂 )
- Add the stock and squeeze the oranges and the lime into the pressure cooker pot and leave whatever is left inside the pot. We are cooking the pork with everything inside!
- Now its cooking time. If you have an electric pressure cooker, set high pressure for 40 minutes. In a normal pressure cooker, start counting the 40 minutes as soon as you have the pressure build inside!
- Once the 40 minutes have passed, leave the pressure cooker to release the pressure naturally (should take 15-20 minutes).
- Preheat the oven broiler. Cover with aluminum foil a baking sheet.
- Take out the pork from the pot and shred it with two forks. Transfer the pork to the aluminum foil lines baking sheet and put it in the oven!
- Broil your carnitas until you see a nice crisp and browning on top. It should take at most 5 minutes, but don’t leave it there and go away! Keep a close eye on your carnitas!!
- Now, enjoy them with whatever you imagined! Remember to use gluten-free corn tortillas for your tacos! Time to eat!
