Grammy's Kitchen · Carnitas · Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas
One of 91 carnitas recipes we measured
from therecipecritic.com
It ranks #1 of 91 for gravy quality among the carnitas recipes we compared. 5 cooks on therecipecritic.com rate it 5.0★.
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 | 9% | 9% |
| acid | 14% | 0% |
| salt | 0% | 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.
| 1814 g | 4 pounds pork shoulder roast |
| 8 g | 1 Tablespoon Chili Powder |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon cumin |
| 1 g | 1 teaspoon oregano |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon pepper |
| 184 g | 3/4 cup orange juice (2 oranges) |
| 61 g | 1/4 cup lime juice (2 limes) |
| 12 g | 4 cloves garlic (minced) |
| 150 g | 1 onion (quartered) |
Method: 4 steps, published by therecipecritic.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“We doubled this recipe for a potluck and it was a huge success! I was concerned it would dry out because it was going to be sitting out, so after putting the meat in the oven I reduced the liquid from the crockpot instead of throwing it away. After skimming th” — a cook
“I love this recipe! We like it for a snack/appetizer, a less messy way than tacos. I cook it for only about six hours, let it cool a bit, then cut it into cubes. Put the cubes on a cookie sheet, pour some of the leftover sauce over them, then broil, giving the” — a cook