If you made and loved our delicious carnitas recipe, you will definitely enjoy using that recipe in a healthy way!

This salad is an all-in-one package that has everything that you love to make it the perfect meal since you can build it your way! I’ll just give you an example of how we prepared it, but don’t be shy to add any other ingredient that you love.

The protein of the salad will be the carnitas accompanied by the rice in a bed of lettuce. After that, you start adding extra ingredients like corn, pico de gallo, guacamole, beans, jalapeño, onions… As you can see, let your imagination fly! Finally, add a spoonful of sour cream to complete the perfection.

Now, it is difficult to set a specific amount of grams for each ingredient, as the fun part of making this recipe is to add as much as you like of each. So I’ll give you a list of ingredients, some preparations you can make (such as the pico de gallo, guacamole and caramelized onions), and leave it to you to build your signature burrito bowl!

Awesome Burrito Bowl

Recipe by Giovanni PamparanaCourse: SaladsCuisine: MexicanDifficulty: Easy

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

30

minutes

Cooking time

30

minutes

Build your own burrito bowl salad to make your unique signature meal with the ingredients you love!

Ingredients

• Burrito bowl base

• Lettuce

• Cooked Rice

• Pork Carnitas

• 1 tbsp Sour Cream

• Guacamole

• 2 avocado

• 1 tomato diced in small cubes

• 1 big green onion finely chopped

• 1/2 to 1 lime’s juice

• 2 tbsp chopped Cilantro

• 1 tbsp Olive Oil

• Salt and pepper to taste

• Pico de Gallo

• 2 tomatos diced in little cubes

• 1/2 purple onion diced (has to be this one since it is not strong)

• 1/2 lime’s juice

• 1 tbsp chopped cilantro

• 1 tsp red chilli powder (optional if you like it spicy)

• Salt and pepper to taste

• Caramelized Onions

• 1 large onion sliced in thin julienne strips

• 1 tbsp olive oil

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 1 tbsp sugar

• Add your toppings

• Corn

• Canned black beans

• Jalapeño

• Peppers

• Purple Onion

• Cilantro to garnish

• Limes to decorate and add extra acidity to the meal!

Directions

• Have your carnitas ready and cooled off
• Caramelized Onions
• Heat a large pan with the olive oil
• Lower the heat to medium-low and add the onions and salt. Do not cover the pan and stir frequently. They have to start caramelizing with their own sugars and not get browned (or burnt of course). This process can take around 30 minutes, so be patient and do not leave it there without attention
• When you see that the onions start to be very translucent and have a brownish tone from the inside, add the sugar and stir
• Now, continue cooking the onions until they are fully cooked. Let the sugar dissolve and caramelize the onions. Taste them and correct either the salt or sugar to taste
• Take out from the pan and let it cool for a bit while you prepare the other ingredients
• Pico de Gallo
• Add all the chopped ingredients and red chilli powder (optional) in a bowl and mix
• Add the lime’s juice and the salt and pepper
• Taste and correct the flavour with the salt and pepper
• Guacamole
• Mash the avocados in a bowl
• Add the rest of the ingredients and mix everything together
• Correct the taste by adding more lime jouce, salt or pepper
• Time to build it up!
• In a large serving bowl, add a bed of lettuce
• Over the bed of lettuce, add the rice and pork carnitas
• Add the guacamole, pico de gallo, and caramelized onions
• Add the toppings you like!
• Add the sour cream and garnish with some chopped cilantro
• Decorate with the lime wedges and take a picture and share it with us!
• Mix everything up and add more salt, pepper or lime juice (or even more sour cream :P) to match your taste!
• Now it’s time to enjoy!

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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

Recipe by Giovanni PamparanaCourse: MainCuisine: MexicanDifficulty: Easy

Servings

8

servings

Prep time

15

minutes

Cooking time

30

minutes

The 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!

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