Grammy's Kitchen · Carnitas · Pork Carnitas Slow Cooker
One of 91 carnitas recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 91 for gravy quality among the carnitas recipes we compared. 19 cooks on www.mexicanplease.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 | 0% | 7% |
| fat | 0% | 0% |
| aromatics | 35% | 9% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 40% | 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.
| 907 g | 2 lbs. pork shoulder |
| 150 g | 1 onion |
| 12 g | 4 cloves garlic |
| 15 g | 1 jalapeno |
| 1 orange | |
| 1 lime | |
| 2 g | 2 teaspoons Mexican oregano |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon cumin |
| 8 g | 1 tablespoon chipotles in adobo sauce |
| 12 g | 2 teaspoons salt |
| freshly cracked pepper | |
| olive oil | |
| 350 g | 12-16 corn tortillas |
| 80 g | 1/2 cup finely chopped onion |
| finely chopped cilantro | |
| 3-4 limes | |
| 360 g | 4 tomatillos |
| 75 g | 1/2 onion |
| 3 g | 1 garlic clove |
| 12 g | 10-15 sprigs cilantro |
| 2 g | 1 serrano pepper (jalapeno is fine too) |
Method: 9 steps, published by www.mexicanplease.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Absolutely loved this recipe and couldn't get enough of it, it was so delicous. The only change I made was to char the meat before putting it into the slow cooked, to help add to the crispness later. It was so good I can't imagine what it like without charin” — a cook, 5★
“Hi Patrick! Thanks for this amazing recipe! The ingredients and instructions are on point. Really loved my carnitas with some chopped onion, cilantro and a splash of lime juice on a homemade corn tortilla.” — a cook, 5★