Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, super tender carnitas. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Super Tender Carnitas I know it's more authentic to fry last rather than first, but I really love braised carnitas (fried/seared first then simmered) because they end up being sooo juicy and tender this way. This is a really easy recipe that can be served on tacos, in burritos, or with some rice, beans, and some kind of salad on the side. Here is how you cook that.

Super Tender Carnitas is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Super Tender Carnitas is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

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

The ingredients needed to make Super Tender Carnitas:

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

Compared to traditional methods using crock pot, instant pot, or oven, sous vide carnitas are much more tender and juicier with completely melt-in-your-mouth texture. Yes, it takes longer to cook, but it's TOTALLY worth the wait! Instant Pot Carnitas are made with pork shoulder, fresh orange and lime juice, seasoning and cooked in your pressure cooker until juicy and tender. Broil until crispy and use it to make tacos, burritos, bowls or Mexican salads!

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!

Instant Pot cooks meat in half the time without much prep work. What Cut of Meat is Carnitas? Carnitas are made from the pork shoulder. Pork carnitas are typically cooked low and slow to make the meat super tender. But, lucky for us we have the Instant Pot to make this process that much faster, while losing none of the tenderness and shredability that we need to make these officially "carnitas." Expert Tips Deseed your jalapeño for milder Crockpot carnitas.

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