Grammy's Kitchen · Carnitas · Instant Pot Crispy Carnitas
One of 40 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 40.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 12% | 12% |
| fat | 1% | 1% |
| aromatics | 1% | 8% |
| acid | 3% | 0% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
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) |
| 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've always made crispy carnitas using my Crock Pot. Takes forever on low or high. Yesterday morning I went in search of an Instant Pot recipe and found yours. Thirty minutes of cooking is way better than 5 to 8 hours, though you do get ample clean up time ” — a cook, 5.0★
“I'm from South Texas and honestly wasn't expecting this outcome with the title being carnitas. It came out more like carne guisada than carnitas. In fact I removed the broth, turned it into a thick gravy, and just added it back to the pot and served it as carn” — a cook, 5.0★