![]() How to make Pork Carnitasīest Pork Cut for Pork Carnitas – for ultimate juicy pulled pork full of flavour, you can’t beat pork shoulder, aka pork butt. Unfortunately for most home cooks, a huge cauldron of lard isn’t viable or practical.īut fortunately, it is possible to make carnitas that tastes very similar to authentic Pork Carnitas without gallons of lard. And it’s unbelievably simple. Made by slow cooking pork fully submerged in lard, this confit method of cooking yields pork that’s unbelievably rich and tender with loads of crispy golden bits. It’s why we trawled the back streets of Mexico City in torrential rains, hunting down a hole-in-the-wall carnitas joint that was popular with locals. It’s the first thing you seek upon landing in Mexico. If you’re new to Carnitas, let me be the first to welcome you to your new addiction.Ĭarnitas are Mexico’s version of pulled pork. ✅ Excellent food for gatherings – big batch recipe, stays fresh even hours after cooking it What are Carnitas? ![]() ✅ Perfect freezer food – reheats 100% perfectly and ✅ Perfect caramelized brown bits while retaining the incredible juiciness from slow cooking ✅ Subtle enough flavour so it can be used in any Mexican dish (over salting and over spicing is a common problem) ✅ Enough flavour to eat plain (and you will pick it out of the pan!) ✅ Made with easy to find natural ingredients I’ve been loyal to it for over a decade because it ticks all my boxes: I went through A LOT of Pork Carnitas recipes before settling on this as The One. I make this recipe often – for everyday purposes, a freezer standby and for taco-bar gatherings with friends! The one and only Pork Carnitas Is there anything better in this world than pork slowly cooked until it’s crazy juicy and fall apart tender, then crisped to golden perfection?Ĭarnitas is one of my specialities. This is a reader-favourite recipe included by popular demand in my debut cookbook “Dinner”! Carnitas The best part of this Carnitas? 5 minutes prep! Carnitas has that elusive combination of juicy and crispy that’s so irresistible. Picture seasoned pork slow-cooked into tender submission, gently shredded and pan-fried to golden, crispy perfection. Every tortilla dreams of being stuffed with Carnitas.
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