Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas

Name: Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 3 pound pork butt or pork shoulder, trimmer, cut into 3-inch pieces; 1 Spicekick Taco Seasoning Spice Kit; 1 onion, quartered; 2 bay leaves; 1 orange, zest peeled off with a vegetable peeler, and juice the fruit; 1 tablespoon cooking oil

Pork carnitas are so easy to make in your slow cooker in the comfort of your own home. To make this melt-in-your-mouth taco filling, all you need is pork, an orange, onion, bay leaves and one of Spicekick’s Taco Spice Kits.

Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas

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Ingredients

3 pound pork butt or pork shoulder, trimmer, cut into 3-inch pieces
1 Spicekick Taco Seasoning Spice Kit
1 onion, quartered
2 bay leaves
1 orange, zest peeled off with a vegetable peeler, and juice the fruit
1 tablespoon cooking oil

Directions

Combine the pork and spice kit in the slow cooker. Top with the onion, bay leaves, orange juice, and zest. Add 1 cup water (or chicken broth if you have some). Cover and cook on low for 6 hours, until tender.
Pull the pork from the slow cooker, leaving the liquid behind. Heat a large skillet on medium-high heat*. Add the oil.
When the oil is shimmering, add the pork in a single layer. Once browned on one side, turn the pieces, browning on all sides.
Chop or shred the pork.
Serve the pork with corn tortillas, cilantro, lime wedges, and salsa.

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