Pork Carnitas

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 40.

	this recipe	typical
liquid	26%	12%
fat	1%	1%
aromatics	8%	8%
acid	2%	0%
salt	0%	0%

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

1814 g	4 pound boneless pork butt or boneless country ribs (fat trimmed and cut into 2 inch cubes)
9 g	2 teaspoons canola oil or other vegetable oil
9 g	1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 g	3/4 teaspoon pepper
2 g	1 teaspoon ground cumin
150 g	1 onion (peeled and quartered)
2 g	2 bay leaves
1 g	1 teaspoon dried oregano
31 g	2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
480 g	2 cups chicken stock
	1 medium orange (quartered and juiced (keep the rinds))

Method: 4 steps, published by www.dinneratthezoo.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“I love this recipe! I’ve made it several times and am planning to make it again this week. I’m wondering if I can add everything to the crockpot (without browning), broil the meat before serving and still get the same tasty results? I’m cooking like 16lbs of ” — a cook, 5.0★

“As an afterthought, I pureed 4 Roma tomatoes, 3 jalapeno peppers, 2 garlic cloves, 1/2 of the prescribed onion, the lime and orange juices and the chicken stock. I wanted a slightly spicier version. After browning and 7 hours on low in the crock pot, the resul” — a cook, 5.0★