Grammy's Kitchen · Carnitas · Duck Carnitas Tacos With Salsa Macha
One of 91 carnitas recipes we measured
from www.delish.com
It ranks #1 of 91 for gravy quality among the carnitas recipes we compared. 1 cooks on www.delish.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 | 0% | 7% |
| fat | 0% | 0% |
| aromatics | 0% | 9% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| collagen idx | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 1531 g | 6 duck legs (8 to 10 oz. each) |
| Flaky sea salt and freshly ground black pepper | |
| 2 quarts duck fat, divided | |
| 150 g | 1 white onion, peeled, quartered |
| 15 g | 1 dried ancho chile |
| 1 dried guajillo chile | |
| 1 orange, quartered | |
| 3 g | 1 head garlic, halved lengthwise |
| 397 g | 1 (14-oz.) can sweetened condensed milk |
| 340 g | 1 (12-oz.) bottle Mexican Coke |
| 1 g | 1 bay leaf |
| 436 g | 2 c. canola oil |
| 28 g | 1 oz. dried ancho chiles, stems and seeds removed |
| 28 g | 1 oz. dried guajillo chiles, stems and seeds removed |
| 28 g | 1 oz. dried pasilla chiles, stems and seeds removed |
| 27 g | 3 tbsp. raw unsalted peanuts |
| 7 g | 1 tbsp. raw unsalted pecans |
| 4 g | 1 tsp. raw sesame seeds |
| 1 g | 1/2 tsp. dried Mexican oregano |
| 9 g | 3 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped |
| 15 g | 1 tbsp. apple cider vinegar |
| 4 g | 1 tsp. kosher salt |
| Warmed corn tortillas, thinly sliced white onion, thinly sliced watermelon radish, fresh cilantro leaves, and pico de gallo, for serving |
Method: 10 steps, published by www.delish.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“<p>Making this right now! I had 3 duck breasts left over from an event and so far the flavor is amazing!</p>” — a cook, 5★