Carnitas Tacos
Serves 3
Directions
- 1Pat dry the pork shoulder with a paper towel, then cut into large chunks.
- 2Drizzle olive oil over the pork, then season with garlic powder, salt, pepper, paprika and cumin.
- 3Place the seasoned pork into a slow cooker.
- 4Cut the orange and limes into wedges.
- 5Squeeze the juice from the orange and limes over the pork.
- 6Add the orange and lime wedges, garlic cloves and onion to the slow cooker.
- 7Pour in a bottle of Coca-Cola.
- 8Cover and cook in the slow cooker.
- 9Take the pork from the slow cooker and place it on a foil-lined baking sheet.
- 10Shred the pork and broil in the oven.
- 11Chop the cilantro, onion and avocado.
- 12Heat corn tortillas in a pan with some oil.
- 13Assemble the tacos with the shredded pork, onion, cilantro and avocado. Add a squeeze of lime juice.
Ingredients
- 1 piece pork shoulder
- olive oil
- garlic powder
- salt
- pepper
- paprika
- ground cumin
- 1 piece orange
- 2 pieces lime
- 4 cloves garlic cloves
- 0.5 piece white onion
- 1 bottle Coca-Cola
- 3 pieces corn tortillas
- white onion
- cilantro
- 0.5 piece avocado
Equipment
cutting boardknifepaper towelsmall jarspepper grinderslow cookerovenbaking sheettongsfrying pan
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