Grammy's Kitchen · Carnitas · Carnitas Recipe (Mexican Pulled Pork)
One of 91 carnitas recipes we measured
from natashaskitchen.com
It ranks #1 of 91 for gravy quality among the carnitas recipes we compared. 210 cooks on natashaskitchen.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 91.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 13% | 7% |
| fat | 0% | 0% |
| aromatics | 9% | 9% |
| acid | 10% | 0% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 1814 g | 4 lb boneless pork roast ((pork butt or pork shoulder)) |
| 18 g | 3 tsp fine sea salt ((or 2 1/2 tsp table salt)) |
| 2 g | 1 tsp ground black pepper |
| 1 g | 1 tsp dried oregano |
| 150 g | 1 large yellow onion (diced) |
| 15 g | 5 garlic cloves |
| 61 g | 4 Tbsp lime juice ((from 2 limes)) |
| 123 g | 1/2 cup orange juice ((from 2 oranges)) |
| 240 g | 1 cup chicken broth |
| 2 g | 2 bay leaves (optional) |
Method: 5 steps, published by natashaskitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
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“I made this last night and, honestly, probably the best carnitas I've ever had! Thank you for an awesome recipe! In case anyone wants to use their oven instead of the crockpot, I'll tell you what I did. SUPER easy and soooo good! Oven Baking Instructions: ” — a cook, 5★