Grammy's Kitchen · Carnitas · Faux Smoked Pulled Pork (Carnitas)
One of 91 carnitas recipes we measured
from www.allrecipes.com
6 cooks on www.allrecipes.com rate it 4.8★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 91.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 35% | 7% |
| fat | 3% | 0% |
| aromatics | 3% | 9% |
| sweetener | 6% | 0% |
| 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.
| 80 g | 6 tablespoons brown sugar |
| 17 g | 2 tablespoons garlic powder |
| 16 g | 2 tablespoons chili powder |
| 14 g | 2 tablespoons paprika |
| 8 g | 2 tablespoons dried oregano |
| 20 g | 2 tablespoons onion powder |
| 13 g | 1 tablespoon mustard seed |
| 7 g | 1 tablespoon ground black pepper |
| 1 g | 0.5 teaspoon ground cumin |
| 1 g | 0.5 teaspoon ground coriander |
| salt to taste | |
| 1361 g | 1 (3 pound) pork butt roast, or more to taste |
| 41 g | 3 tablespoons vegetable oil |
| 473 g | 2 cups water |
| 2 tablespoons liquid smoke flavoring | |
| 30 g | 2 dried chipotle chile peppers, or to taste |
Method: 5 steps, published by www.allrecipes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“If you don't like spicy don't make this! Very easy to follow and my pork turned out great! I used a 3 to 4 pound pork roast. I had all the ingredients and mixed them all together. I then made sure I rubbed the pork really really well with the seasoning. I used” — a cook, 5★
“This recipe is FANTASTIC! I’ve made it twice, the first time just following instructions and the next making some really simple improvisions. The flavor was very good, but a little mild for me in round one, so the second time I put the rub on and wrapped it ov” — a cook, 5★