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Crispy Pork Carnitas

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235 min

Crispy Pork Carnitas

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Category

Pork Recipes

Time

235 min

Serving

6 persons

Calories

317

Rating

4.00★ (185)

Cuisine

Author: Victoria Buriak
This carnitas recipe features fragrantly spiced cubed pork slow-roasted in lard until crispy on the outside and soft and succulent on the inside. Pile some on a warm tortilla, drizzle with braising liquid, and top with salsa, onion, and cilantro for the world's best taco.

Ingredients

  • boneless pork butt (shoulder): 3 pound
  • garlic: 8 clove (peeled)
  • olive oil: 0.25 cup
  • orange, juiced, orange parts of peel removed and sliced into thin strips: 1 piece
  • kosher salt: 1 Tbsp
  • bay leaves, torn in half: 2 piece
  • ground black pepper: 1 tsp
  • ground cumin: 1 tsp
  • ground cinnamon: 0.75 tsp
  • Chinese 5-spice powder: 0.5 tsp

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  1. Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C).
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  2. Remove fat from pork; cut meat into 2-inch cubes and roughly chop fat.
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  3. Mix together pork meat and fat with garlic, olive oil, orange peel, orange juice, salt, bay leaves, black pepper, cumin, cinnamon, and 5-spice powder in a large bowl until pork is coated completely. Transfer mixture to a 9x13-inch baking dish. Cover the dish tightly with heavy-duty aluminum foil, then place on a baking sheet.
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  4. Bake in the preheated oven until pork is fork tender, about 3 1/2 hours.
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  5. Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
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  6. Remove garlic, orange peel, and bay leaves from the baking dish. Transfer pork to a colander set in a bowl. Pour accumulated juices from the baking dish over pork. Return pork to the baking dish and drizzle with some accumulated juices.
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  7. Cook under the preheated broiler for 3 minutes. Drizzle more accumulated juices over pork and continue broiling until crispy, 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer pork to a serving plate and drizzle with remaining accumulated juices. Rock_lobster
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