In the US, carnitas are usually made by simmering pork in liquid, then shredding the meat. However, authentic Mexican carnitas involves slow-cooking pork in lard until fall-apart tender, increasing ...

4 lb pork shoulder / butt, skinless, boneless or 5lb/bone in 1 onion, sliced 1 jalapeno, deseeded, chopped 10 garlic cloves, smashed 2 oranges, juiced Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a large non stick pan or ...

Get ready to spice up your Tuesday with our amazing Zesty Carnitas Bowls with Cilantro-Lime Rice! This Mexican-inspired dish brings all the vibrant flavors of a fiesta right to your dinner table, and ...

Don't know what to do with all your extra Thanksgiving turkey? This leftover turkey carnitas recipe is way more interesting ...

Executive chef Juan Hormiga provided the recipe for these pork carnitas, which are served as fajitas with roasted peppers, charred green onions, guacamole, chipotle crema, rice sofrito, black beans ...

A NOTE FROM CHEF CALLAHAN: Carnitas, or 'little meats,' are a staple in Mexican cuisine. There are various cooking techniques, depending on where you're eating them. For the most part, carnitas are ...

A hearty pulled pork sandwich never fails to satisfy our sweet and smoky BBQ cravings. But when we're looking for a lighter-flavored yet equally filling shredded meat dish, we love cooking up carnitas ...

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Many meat lovers have a hard time choosing between Mexican carnitas and American pulled pork, not only because both are absolutely delicious, but because they offer some similar flavors and textures.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Melrose Park Mexican food was forever ...

My first time at a Carnitas El Momo food truck, parked in the lot of a Mobil gas station in Boyle Heights, I ask for each of the four tacos listed on the sidewalk placard menu: maciza (chopped pork ...