Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, carnitas delicioso!. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Somewhat labor intensive, these authentic style Carnitas are SO worth the prep and slow-cook time! I always do the slow-cook of the pork the day before. The pork can be eaten on its own, as a stand-alone protein, but most often is enjoyed in taco form. Tacos de Carnitas are usually served with the traditional toppings of diced white onion, sprigs of fresh cilantro, freshly squeezed lime juice, and of course, salsa.

Carnitas Delicioso! is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Carnitas Delicioso! is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook carnitas delicioso! using 22 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Carnitas Delicioso!:

1. Make ready 1 lb. Lard (no substitute!)
2. Get 1 c. Bacon fat
3. Make ready 3-4 lb. Pork butt, cut into large pieces
4. Prepare 1 lg. Orange, quartered
5. Prepare 1 lg. Lemon, quartered
6. Make ready 2 Limes, quartered
7. Get 1 lg. Onion, peeled & quartered
8. Take 10-12 garlic cloves, peeled
9. Take 12 jalapeño slices (from a jar)
10. Get Salt
11. Prepare Pepper
12. Take Cumin
13. Prepare Garlic powder
14. Get Flour tortillas
15. Take Garnish suggestions:
16. Take Grated sharp cheddar cheese
17. Take Sour cream
18. Take Salsa
19. Make ready Cilantro
20. Take Diced onions
21. Prepare Pineapple tidbits (seriously good!)
22. Make ready Refried beans

Pork carnitas is made of pieces of pork meat slow-cooked in copper cauldrons in an open fire. Traditionally, you would buy a whole piece of pork and use all the parts in different recipes. The sugar in the soda helps to caramelize the meat, and whatever else they put in the cola gives it that slight smokiness. Or maybe it's the smoked paprika that gives the smokiness.

Steps to make Carnitas Delicioso!:

1. Preheat oven to 250°F. Place lard in large (turkey-size) roasting pan and place in oven to melt. Add bacon fat and set aside.
2. Prep all your ingredients while the lard is melting. The photo shows the cut sizes. A regular large roasting pan, as shown in this photo, is too small for cooking this dish. Use a larger/deeper turkey roasting pan.
3. NOTE!! I don't recommend a disposable aluminum turkey pan because lime juice eats a hole through aluminum foil! (I learned this the hard way!)
4. Place pork pieces (fat side up) in the roasting pan with the lard & bacon fat. Squeeze the citrus pieces over the meat, and place them around the meat pieces, skin side down. (The large piece with fat cap has a wide flat bone running the length of the piece, which is why it's bigger.)
5. Add the garlic cloves, onion quarters and jalapeño slices to the pan. Sprinkle salt, pepper, garlic powder, and cumin over the meat (to taste; I don't measure them).
6. Lay a sheet of parchment paper over everything to keep the limes from touching the foil. Then tightly cover the pan with aluminum foil, sealing well all around so steam doesn't escape while cooking.
7. Bake in 250°F oven for 6-1/2 hours. Turn off oven and allow pan to cool before removing foil.
8. NOTE: At this point, I usually refrigerate the pork pieces (discard fruit and lard) and finish the recipe the next night when I'm ready to serve it. But you can do it all in one day if you start early.
9. Char the pork pieces under the broiler. Keep an eye on them, flipping the pieces to get an even char. Takes 10-15 minutes.
10. Serve with warm flour tortillas, your favorite condiments, and refried beans.

The sugar in the soda helps to caramelize the meat, and whatever else they put in the cola gives it that slight smokiness. Or maybe it's the smoked paprika that gives the smokiness. All I know is that this Coca-Cola Carnitas is a keeper. I always do the slow-cook of the pork the day before. Carnitas Ingredients: To make pork carnitas in the Instant Pot (affiliate link), you will need the following ingredients:.

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