Grammy's Kitchen · Carnitas · Mexican Torta de Carnitas
One of 91 carnitas recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 91 for gravy quality among the carnitas recipes we compared. 11 cooks on www.thespruceeats.com rate it 4.2★.
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: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 680 g | 1.5 pounds of pork lard, or Manteca |
| 907 g | 2 pounds of pork (preferably shoulder) |
| valencia oranges | |
| 28 g | 1 ounce of salt, or more to taste |
| roma tomatoes | |
| chile de arbol | |
| cloves of garlic | |
| Fine salt, to taste | |
| 4 bolillo rolls | |
| avocado | |
| purple onion | |
| cilantro, chopped |
Method: 16 steps, published by www.thespruceeats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I'm lucky to live very close to a great supermercado where they sell carnitas, bolillo rolls, and a wide variety of salsas, so I can whip up a batch of these in no time! There's nothing like very fresh homemade carnitas, but sometimes you've gotta use the chea” — a cook