Medium

Slow Cooker Carnitas

Total Time
1h 18m
19m prep · 59m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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🌾 Gluten-Free 🥛 Dairy-Free 🥜 Nut-Free

This slow cooker carnitas recipe is easy to prep and makes a great filling for tamales, enchiladas, tacos, and burritos. This filling is also great combined with your favorite barbecue sauce and served on buns.

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 0.5 teaspoons crumbled dried oregano
  • 0.5 teaspoons ground coriander
  • 0.25 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 , 4 pound
  • 2 bays leaves
  • 2 cups chicken broth

Instructions

  1. 1

    Gather the ingredients.

  2. 2

    Mix salt, garlic powder, cumin, oregano, coriander, and cinnamon together in a bowl; coat pork with spice mixture.

  3. 3

    Place bay leaves in the bottom of a slow cooker and arrange pork on top. Pour chicken broth around the sides of pork, being careful not to rinse off spice mixture.

  4. 4

    Cover and cook on Low, turning after 5 hours, until pork shreds easily with a fork, about 10 hours in total.

  5. 5

    When the pork is tender, remove from the slow cooker; shred with two forks. Use cooking liquid as needed to moisten the meat.

Nutrition Facts

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