Grammy's Kitchen · Carnitas · Zesty Carnitas Tacos
One of 91 carnitas recipes we measured
from www.allrecipes.com
It ranks #1 of 91 for gravy quality among the carnitas recipes we compared. 21 cooks on www.allrecipes.com rate it 4.7★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 91.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 33% | 7% |
| fat | 0% | 0% |
| aromatics | 26% | 9% |
| acid | 9% | 0% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 397% | 0% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 907 g | 1 (2 pound) boneless pork shoulder roast |
| 80 g | 0.5 cup chopped onion |
| 82 g | 0.33333334326744 cup orange juice |
| 7 g | 1 tablespoon cumin |
| 6 g | 1.5 teaspoons kosher salt |
| 1 g | 1 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed |
| 1 g | 0.25 teaspoon cayenne pepper |
| 1 lime, zested and juiced | |
| 300 g | 2 (5.3 ounce) containers plain fat-free Greek yogurt |
| 2 g | 0.5 teaspoon kosher salt |
| 1 pinch chili powder | |
| 400 g | 16 (6 inch) soft yellow corn tortillas |
| 3600 g | 4 leaves green cabbage, shredded |
| 160 g | 1 cup very thinly sliced red onion |
| 1 cup pico de gallo |
Method: 5 steps, published by www.allrecipes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Saw this in the magazine and put it in my list of dinners. I make carnitas usually the same time so was willing to change it up. I followed the recipe exactly... and it does not disappoint! Even my 1 year old was dipping the meat into the sauce. Plus I never u” — a cook, 5★
“This was a big hit! Even I said it was very delicious and I’m not usually fond of this food. I really liked it. I read a few reviews after I had it stared and garlic was recommended. Of course! When I returned to the crock pot, 6 hours later, I added four medi” — a cook, 5★