# Carnitas Tacos

This recipe teaches how to make delicious carnitas tacos using a crockpot, perfect for an easy and flavorful dinner.

- Servings: 3 servings
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## 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

## Instructions

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

## Equipment

- cutting board
- knife
- paper towel
- small jars
- pepper grinder
- slow cooker
- oven
- baking sheet
- tongs
- frying pan

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjX9scRc/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/1b510bfb-f98b-46a7-b484-88037c6bb4f8
- Extracted: 2025-06-01

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