Want to try a slow cooked Mexican dinner? Then enjoy these flavorful tacos that are packed with pork carnitas and Old El Paso® salsa.
Slow-Cooker Pork Carnitas
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 8 hr 25 min
- Ingredients 14
- Servings 10
Ingredients
- 1 boneless pork shoulder (3 lb), trimmed
- 10 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 3/4 cup orange juice
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 2 chipotle chiles in adobo sauce (from 7-oz can), drained, chopped
- 20 flour or soft corn tortillas (6 inch), heated as directed on package
- 2/3 cup chopped onion
- 2/3 cup thick & chunky salsa
- 2/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 10 lime wedges
Instructions
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Step1Spray 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Make 1/2-inch-deep slits in pork; stuff with garlic. Place pork in slow cooker. In small bowl, mix cumin, oregano, salt and pepper. Sprinkle mixture on all sides of pork.
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Step2In small bowl, stir together orange juice, lime juice and chipotle chiles. Pour mixture over pork.
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Step3Cover; cook on Low heat setting 8 hours. Remove pork from slow cooker to large bowl. Shred pork, using 2 forks. Skim fat from cooking liquid. Add 1/2 cup of the cooking liquid to shredded pork; mix well.
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Step4Spoon pork mixture evenly onto center of warmed tortillas; top each with 1 1/2 teaspoons onion, 1 1/2 teaspoons salsa and 1 1/2 teaspoons cilantro. Serve with lime wedges.
Nutrition
430
Calories
18g
Total Fat
28g
Protein
39g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 430
- Total Fat
- 18g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 6g
- 0%
- Sodium
- 840mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 39g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 0%
- Protein
- 28g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 1/2 Vegetable; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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