Carnitas de puerco - Easy to do and Very moist even after warming up leftovers the next day!. Today I am sharing this Carnitas de puerco! A quick and easy dinner that is ready in under 25 minutes!
You can cook Carnitas de puerco with 7 Ingredients and 7 steps. See the following guide!
Ingredients for Carnitas de puerco:
- 10 lbs pork (preferably picnic butt or shoulder and ribs).
- Salt.
- 2 (5 lb) tubs of lard.
- leaves Bay.
- 4 oranges or large manderines.
- 4 heads garlic.
- 1 glass (20 oz) bottle of coca-cola.
Step by step how to cook Carnitas de puerco:
- In a large thick stainless steel caso (pot u can use to cook on open gas flame) melt the lard over medium high flame..
- Cut pork meat into palm size chunks and place in the lard slowly and carefully. Cook until all of the meat is toasty brown color then add salt to taste..
- Cut the oranges in jalf and squeeze the juice from them directly on the meat in the pot. Add the orange rindes, bay leaves and heads of garlic. You may also add lime juice and lime rindes ass well....
- Stirring often but gently with a wood paddle or long wood spoon to prevent sticking allow to continue cooking until fork tender....
- This is a long and sometimes difficult meal to cook. Make sure you have about 3 to 4 hours to spare when cooking. It is woth it, trust me..
- Remove all the meat from the pot allowing as much of the lard to drain off before transferring to a serving dish..
- Chop all the meat up and mix together. Serve with salsa, beans and fice as a complete plate or enjoy as tacos....