Grammy's Kitchen · Carnitas · Instant Pot Crispy Chicken Carnitas
One of 91 carnitas recipes we measured
from www.allrecipes.com
14 cooks on www.allrecipes.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 | 8% | 7% |
| fat | 17% | 0% |
| aromatics | 19% | 9% |
| acid | 7% | 0% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 7 g | 1 tablespoon ground cumin |
| 1 g | 0.5 teaspoon chili powder |
| 1 g | 0.5 teaspoon dried oregano |
| 1 pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste | |
| 907 g | 2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast halves |
| 40 g | 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided |
| 150 g | 1 yellow onion, quartered |
| 15 g | 5 cloves garlic, pressed |
| 0 g | 0.5 bunch cilantro |
| 61 g | 0.25 cup lime juice |
| 60 g | 0.25 cup chicken broth |
| 1 orange, zested and juiced | |
| 15 g | 1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, or more to taste |
| 1 g | 1 bay leaf |
| 110 g | 0.5 cup mayonnaise |
| 15 g | 1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, or more to taste |
| 15 g | 1 tablespoon milk |
| 1 pinch salt | |
| 3 g | 1 pinch garlic powder |
Method: 8 steps, published by www.allrecipes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Wow! I wasn't sure what I was in for, but what a wonderful surprise! My kiddos loved it too. The only change I made was prior to broiling the chicken, I added quite a bit of the cooking liquid to the mix. I worried that the white meat would get dry. With what ” — a cook, 5★
“Made in an IP Duo+Crisp, so I used the air fryer broiler button instead of broiling in the oven. My husband and son *loved* it (I'm veg). Next time I would pour off the broth and drizzle a little over instead of just returning shredded chicken to the pot to in” — a cook, 5★