In Mexico, different portions of pork are called carnitas, including meat that are fried in lard. Huge copper pots or stainless steel saucepans are used for its preparation.

The traditional way to prepare them is seasoning the meat and pork offal with salt and tequesquite, although depending on the person who prepares them, the recipe may vary. For example, it can be seasoned with herbs and spices such as black pepper, garlic, chicken broth powder, etc., as well as moderately salted. Once the pork portions have been fried, a solution that may include cola, orange juice, beer, water, and milk is added to the pan, along with the frying, and stirred to prevent formation. of adhesions. This last addition serves to give the dish its characteristic golden hue.

Learn How To Make An Easy And Simple Recipe Of Chipotle Carnitas.

Chipotle Carnitas

Recipe by caion
Servings

8

servings
Prep time

50

minutes
Cooking time

4

hours 

Today I’m gonna show you how to make Chipotle’s famous carnitas, and they are so easy to make. And you are gonna love these. So let’s get started!

Ingredients

  • 4 pounds pork roast

  • 2 tablespoons sunflower oil

  • 1 teaspoon salt

  • 1 cup water

  • 1 teaspoon thyme

  • 2 teaspoons juniper berries

  • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

  • 2 or 3 bay leaves

Directions

  • So I have a large dutch oven that just happens to be an oval-shaped one, and I put in the pan a couple tablespoons of sunflower oil.
  • And I heat it up to kind of a medium, medium-high heat.
  • Now I have four pounds of a pork roast here. Now you can use a pork shoulder roast, a picnic roast,or a pork butt. This type of meat is a bit tough, so we’re gonna have to cook this very, very slow. We’re gonna braise it. First thing we’re gonna have to do is add some salt to the top of it.
  • So it’ll help pull some of the moisture out so it’ll brown really, really nicely.
  • So we’re going to go ahead and sprinkle this with a liberal dose of kosher salt.adicionando sal
  • And what we wanna do is just kind of brown this on all sides. So as we brown this on all sides, we’re gonna lock in lots of great flavor. It’s gonna take about five or six minutes on each side, but do your best to brown it the best that you can all the way around.golden brown
  • We’re adding one teaspoon of thyme, and then we are going to add a couple of bay leaves. Add two or three of those.
  • And finally we’re gonna add some juniper berries.
  • Adda cup of water.
  • We’re gonna put the lid on this and let it cook in a 300° oven for three to four hours, and what you want to have happen is when you pull this out of the oven, you want to be able to just pull this pork roast apart really nice and easy.season on pork meat
  • Your Chipotle Carnitas is ready! You can put them in a burrito. You can put them in the tacos. You can enjoy them simply like this on a corn tortilla with a little bit of cilantro and onion.Chipotle Carnitas

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