Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, mike's carnitas. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Mike's Carnitas is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Mike's Carnitas is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have mike's carnitas using 36 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Mike's Carnitas:
- Get ● For The First Stage
- Take 10 Pounds Boneless Pork Tenderloin
- Take 2 (14 oz) Cans Beef Broth
- Prepare 1 tbsp Fresh Ground Cumin
- Take 1/2 Dos Equis Beer
- Take 1 LG Vidalia Onion
- Make ready 1 LG Cinnamon Stick
- Prepare 1 tbsp Sweetened Condensed Milk
- Take ● For The Second Stage
- Make ready 4 LG Jalapeños [halved - deseeded]
- Make ready 1/2 LG Chopped Green Bell Pepper
- Make ready 1/2 Bottle LG Mexican Coke
- Make ready 1/2 Bottle Dos Equis Beer
- Take 1 tbsp Fresh Ground Cumin
- Make ready 1 tsp Crushed Mexican Oregano
- Prepare 1 tsp Crushed Bay Leaves
- Get 1/2 LG Orange [with juice]
- Get 1 Medium Lime [with juice]
- Make ready ● For The The Third Stage
- Make ready 2 Pounds Manteca Lard
- Prepare ● For The Fourth Stage
- Make ready Seal Tightly In Tin Foil With One Cup Pork Juice
- Take 1 Cup Of Your Favorite Red Salsa [optional]
- Take ● For The Sides [as needed]
- Make ready Warm Flour Tortillas
- Take Mexican Sour Cream
- Take Leaves Fresh Cilantro
- Prepare Mexican 3 Cheese
- Take Green Salsa
- Prepare Red Salsa
- Get Pico de Gallo
- Make ready Guacamole Dip
- Take Red Onions
- Take White Onions
- Take Sliced Radishes
- Take Sliced Cabbage
Steps to make Mike's Carnitas:
- 10 Pounds of frozen boneless Pork Tender Loin pictured. Dethaw and brine overnight.
- Add everything in the first stage and allow to simmer in a crock pot for 10 hours. Pull the majority of fluid from your pork and place broth in fridge. You will need it later.
- Add everything in the second stage and allow to simmer for 2 additional hours in your crock pot.
- Important: Shread pork into large chunks. Pull and chop all vegetables within the crock pot separately.
- Stage three. Two pounds of lard pictured.
- Heat your lard and add your large pork chunks.
- Fry until crispy on the outside but moist on the inside.
- Fry pork in batches for 13 minutes a piece.
- Drain. Then add the juice of one orange and one small lime. Add 2 cups pork juice and 1 cup of your favorite red salsa. Salsa optional.
- Chop up your vegetables and add to fried pork.
- Mix well.
- Seal tightly with tin foil and leave in the oven at 250° for 1 hour or until ready to serve.
- Serve with assorted condiments and ice cold Mexican beers.
- Enjoy!
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