Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, mike's carnitas. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Mike's Carnitas is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Mike's Carnitas is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mike's carnitas using 36 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Mike's Carnitas:
- Take ● For The First Stage
- Take 10 Pounds Boneless Pork Tenderloin
- Get 2 (14 oz) Cans Beef Broth
- Prepare 1 tbsp Fresh Ground Cumin
- Get 1/2 Dos Equis Beer
- Get 1 LG Vidalia Onion
- Prepare 1 LG Cinnamon Stick
- Get 1 tbsp Sweetened Condensed Milk
- Get ● For The Second Stage
- Take 4 LG Jalapeños [halved - deseeded]
- Prepare 1/2 LG Chopped Green Bell Pepper
- Prepare 1/2 Bottle LG Mexican Coke
- Get 1/2 Bottle Dos Equis Beer
- Take 1 tbsp Fresh Ground Cumin
- Prepare 1 tsp Crushed Mexican Oregano
- Make ready 1 tsp Crushed Bay Leaves
- Take 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
- Take ● 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]
- Get ● For The Sides [as needed]
- Prepare Warm Flour Tortillas
- Take Mexican Sour Cream
- Prepare Leaves Fresh Cilantro
- Get Mexican 3 Cheese
- Make ready Green Salsa
- Get Red Salsa
- Take Pico de Gallo
- Prepare Guacamole Dip
- Take Red Onions
- Get White Onions
- Take Sliced Radishes
- Get Sliced Cabbage
Instructions 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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