Carnitas Delicioso!
Carnitas Delicioso!

Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, carnitas delicioso!. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have carnitas delicioso! using 22 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Carnitas Delicioso!:
  1. Get 1 lb. Lard (no substitute!)
  2. Take 1 c. Bacon fat
  3. Prepare 3-4 lb. Pork butt, cut into large pieces
  4. Make ready 1 lg. Orange, quartered
  5. Take 1 lg. Lemon, quartered
  6. Take 2 Limes, quartered
  7. Get 1 lg. Onion, peeled & quartered
  8. Make ready 10-12 garlic cloves, peeled
  9. Get 12 jalapeño slices (from a jar)
  10. Get Salt
  11. Get Pepper
  12. Make ready Cumin
  13. Make ready Garlic powder
  14. Take Flour tortillas
  15. Prepare Garnish suggestions:
  16. Get Grated sharp cheddar cheese
  17. Get Sour cream
  18. Take Salsa
  19. Take Cilantro
  20. Get Diced onions
  21. Make ready Pineapple tidbits (seriously good!)
  22. Get Refried beans
Instructions to make Carnitas Delicioso!:
  1. Preheat oven to 250°F. Place lard in large (turkey-size) roasting pan and place in oven to melt. Add bacon fat and set aside.
  2. Prep all your ingredients while the lard is melting. The photo shows the cut sizes. A regular large roasting pan, as shown in this photo, is too small for cooking this dish. Use a larger/deeper turkey roasting pan.
  3. NOTE!! I don't recommend a disposable aluminum turkey pan because lime juice eats a hole through aluminum foil! (I learned this the hard way!)
  4. Place pork pieces (fat side up) in the roasting pan with the lard & bacon fat. Squeeze the citrus pieces over the meat, and place them around the meat pieces, skin side down. (The large piece with fat cap has a wide flat bone running the length of the piece, which is why it's bigger.)
  5. Add the garlic cloves, onion quarters and jalapeño slices to the pan. Sprinkle salt, pepper, garlic powder, and cumin over the meat (to taste; I don't measure them).
  6. Lay a sheet of parchment paper over everything to keep the limes from touching the foil. Then tightly cover the pan with aluminum foil, sealing well all around so steam doesn't escape while cooking.
  7. Bake in 250°F oven for 6-1/2 hours. Turn off oven and allow pan to cool before removing foil.
  8. NOTE: At this point, I usually refrigerate the pork pieces (discard fruit and lard) and finish the recipe the next night when I'm ready to serve it. But you can do it all in one day if you start early.
  9. Char the pork pieces under the broiler. Keep an eye on them, flipping the pieces to get an even char. Takes 10-15 minutes.
  10. Serve with warm flour tortillas, your favorite condiments, and refried beans.

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