Carnitas (Mexican Pork) My Way (Crock Pot)

Name: Carnitas (Mexican Pork) My Way (Crock Pot)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 6 h
Total time: 6 h 10 min
Yield: 6-8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 -3 lbs pork roast; 1 teaspoon black pepper; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 1 teaspoon onion powder; 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon cumin; 1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt (can you garlic and or onion salt instead); 1/2 teaspoon cilantro or 1/2 teaspoon coriander; 1 cup water (broth works fine too); flour tortilla; shredded cheese; shredded lettuce; avocado; tomatoes; salsa; sour cream; rice and beans

Submitted by newmama

"I made this to go in burritos with beans and rice http://www.recipezaar.com/Pinto-Beans-and-Rice-in-a-Crock-Pot-Or-on-Stove-Top-41246 Very simple, flavorful pork would be good on nachos also!"

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Ready In:: 6hrs 10mins
Ingredients:: 18
Serves:: 6-8

ingredients

2 -3 lbs pork roast
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
¹⁄₂ teaspoon cayenne pepper
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ teaspoon cumin
¹⁄₂ teaspoon seasoning salt (can you garlic and or onion salt instead)
¹⁄₂ teaspoon cilantro or 1/2 teaspoon coriander
1 cup water (broth works fine too)
flour tortilla
shredded cheese
shredded lettuce
avocado
tomatoes
salsa
sour cream
rice and beans

directions

Mix all of the spices together and sprinkle most on the roast, reserving about 1 tsp.
Put the roast and water/broth in a crock pot on low for 6-8 hours.
Now you can do 2 things here: remove the roast, drain the liquid, put the roast back in the crock, shred it with the remaining seasonings and about 1/2 cup of water and stir OR.
remove a little of the liquid from the pot and shred the meat (with forks) in the remaining liquid and taste and season if necessary.
*if I use a roast with a good amount of fat I usually drain it to drain off some of that grease, if it's lean then I use the liquid it cooked in.
Serve it up! It makes great burritos (get the big tortillas!) with all the fixins- including the beans and rice.

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It wasn't bad, just wasn't what I was looking for.

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newmama

I live in MI with my family and am always on the lookout for new tasty recipes that even my toddler will like. He loves meat and pasta, most fruit and is getting better about veggies. I cook every meal 7 days a week, with the occasional lunch or dinner out (very occasional!) but I love cooking so it's not a bad thing to me. I am a big sweets eater and recently got an ice cream maker so I have been whipping up lots of ice cream. My favorite so far has been Ben and Jerry's heath bar crunch, it's so creamy and only lasts 2 days in this house! Other baked goods and homemade bread are favorites too, though not much bread gets baked in the summer. I hate doing dishes! We are currently house hunting and a dishwasher is a must (we don't have one right now). Luckily my dh is pretty good about helping out with the dishes :) I know it seems like I give lots of good reviews, but there is a good reason: I know what we like, so I pick dishes I think we will like, and often we do. If i give a review of a recipe with no stars it's because I think I did something wrong usually so that's why it didn't come out right. Or if something has excellent ratings and I don't like it, I don't want to ruin that, because obviously I didn't like something, but that's not a refection of the actual recipe! <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/adoptedspring08.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"> I dislike when people don't make the recipe correctly and give it a bad review. Ok, if you change one or two small things, fine, but if you make major changes, not ok. And when people give a bad review because it was good, but not what they are looking for? Sorry, but I don't get that. YOU picked it, if it tastes good but wasn't what you were looking for, not the recipe's fault :)

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