Grammy's Kitchen · Carnitas · Copycat Chipotle Carnitas
One of 91 carnitas recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 91 for gravy quality among the carnitas recipes we compared. 6 cooks on www.thespruceeats.com rate it 3.8★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 91.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 12% | 7% |
| fat | 0% | 0% |
| aromatics | 0% | 9% |
| salt | 0% | 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.
| 1928 g | 3 1/2 to 5 pounds pork butt roast (bone-in or boneless) |
| 6 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt (or to taste) |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon black pepper (coarse grind) |
| 237 g | 1 cup water (or low sodium chicken stock) |
| 2 g | 2 large dried bay leaves |
| 2 teaspoons dried juniper berries | |
| 2 g | 2 to 3 thyme sprigs (or about 1 teaspoon dried leaf thyme) |
Method: 8 steps, published by www.thespruceeats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.