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Instant Pot Carnitas with Mango Salsa

Total Time
2h 7m
41m prep · 86m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Hard
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🌾 Gluten-Free 🥛 Dairy-Free 🥜 Nut-Free

These Instant Pot carnitas are crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, and cookin a fraction of the time it takes to make them on the stove or in a slow cooker. I like to serve these with a side of black beans.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 0.5 cups orange juice , without pulp
  • 0.25 cups lime juice
  • 5 cloves garlic , minced
  • 1 tablespoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 0.5 teaspoons black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 pound) ribeye roast , cut into 3-inch cubes
  • 8 cherrys tomatoes , quartered
  • 1 mango , diced
  • 1 jalapeno pepper , seeded and diced
  • 0.5 small red onion , diced
  • 0.25 cups chopped cilantro
  • 2 tablespoons salsa verde
  • 12 streets taco-size corn tortillas
  • 1 lime , cut into wedges

Instructions

  1. 1

    Whisk chicken broth, orange juice, lime juice, garlic, cumin, oregano, salt, and pepper together in a bowl. Set aside.

  2. 2

    Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) and select Saute function. Heat olive oil for 30 seconds, then add pork cubes and cook for 4 minutes. Using tongs, turn pork cubes over; cook 4 minutes more. Turn off Saute function.

  3. 3

    Pour chicken broth mixture over the pork. Close and lock the lid. Select High pressure according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 40 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.

  4. 4

    Release pressure using the natural-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, 20 to 40 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid.

  5. 5

    Meanwhile stir tomatoes, mango, jalapeño, red onion, cilantro, and salsa verde together in a bowl.

  6. 6

    Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.

  7. 7

    Shred pork using 2 forks; transfer pork to a baking sheet. Ladle half of the juices from the Instant Pot over the pork. Toss to combine and spread out in an even layer onto the baking sheet.

  8. 8

    Broil pork for 8 minutes. Toss and broil 8 minutes more, or until desired crispness is reached.

  9. 9

    Divide pork between tortillas. Top with mango salsa. Serve with lime wedges.

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