Easiest Way to Prepare Perfect Super Tender Carnitas

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, super tender carnitas. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Super Tender Carnitas is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Super Tender Carnitas is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook super tender carnitas using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Super Tender Carnitas:

1. Take 3.5 pounds pork shoulder, cut into 1.5"chunks
2. Make ready 2 teaspoons salt to start
3. Get 1 onion, peeled and sliced into 1/2" strips
4. Take 6 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed
5. Prepare optional: 1 teaspoon cumin, 1 Tablespoon dried oregano
6. Prepare 1 large orange
7. Prepare 1 large lime
8. Make ready 2 bay leaves
9. Prepare 1.5 cups water
10. Make ready 1 Tablespoon distilled white or apple cider vinegar (makes it extra tender)

Instructions to make Super Tender Carnitas:

1. Cut your pork into roughly 1.5" chunks and season with the salt. Then, in a large pot preheated to medium high with about a teaspoon of oil, sear on two sides in 2 or 3 equal batches for about 3 minutes per side, until they have a good brown crust on them.
2. Throw all the seared carnitas back into the pot and add onion, garlic, bay leaves (and optional cumin and oregano) into the pot and mix, letting the onions saute until they start to turn translucent. (A minute or two.)
3. Squeeze all the juice from the orange and lime into the pot then add the water and vinegar.
4. Bring to a boil, covered, for a minute or so. Once it's been boiling for a minute, turn the heat down to medium low and simmer, completely covered, for 45 to 60 minutes, stirring occasionally. (Maybe every 15 minutes or so.) - - Check the seasoning at this point - you might like more salt or a little more acid from the citrus. - - Then simmer for another 15 minutes with the lid askew.
5. Your carnitas should be moist, delicious, and fork tender by this point. Enjoy!

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