Slow Cooker Carnitas

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 boneless pork shoulder roast , 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.