Grammy's Kitchen · Carnitas · Instant Pot Crispy Carnitas
One of 91 carnitas recipes we measured
325 cooks on www.gimmesomeoven.com rate it 4.9★.
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 | 1% | 0% |
| aromatics | 1% | 9% |
| acid | 9% | 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.
| 2041 g | 1 (4-5 pound) lean boneless pork roast (cut into 2-inch chunks (with excess fat trimmed off)) |
| fine sea salt and freshly-cracked black pepper | |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon avocado oil or olive oil |
| 1 batch mojo sauce (see below) | |
| for serving: chopped fresh cilantro (diced white or red onion, and/or fresh salsa (I used the pineapple salsa recipe included below)) | |
| 240 g | 1 cup beer (or chicken stock) |
| 18 g | 6 cloves garlic (minced) |
| 123 g | 1/2 cup fresh orange juice |
| 61 g | 1/4 cup fresh lime juice |
| 7 g | 1 tablespoon ground cumin |
| 1 g | 1 teaspoon dried oregano |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon fine sea salt |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon freshly-cracked black pepper |
Method: 8 steps, published by www.gimmesomeoven.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I enjoyed this recipe so much I just had to come back and comment. I don’t have an instagram or tweet account, otherwise I would have sent a picture. This was my first try in my new Instant Pot Ultra, and my husband and I were blown away by how good everything” — a cook, 5★
“I took a chance and made this for my moms birthday (she looooovvvvveesss pork).. It is a great basic pork carnitas recipe – its delicious and is done in record time! After it completed I split the batch into two – I broiled one batch and I slow cooked the othe” — a cook, 5★