Homemade Carnitas

Name: Homemade Carnitas
Ingredients: 4 1/2 pounds pork belly; 1/2 onion; 5 cloves garlic; 2 1/5 pounds lard; 2 tablespoons coarse salt; 2 tablespoons table salt; 4 1/4 cups water; 1 cup milk; 1 orange

Roberto Godoy Martinez @untipobrillante

Toronto, Ontario, Canadá

We live outside of Mexico, and to satisfy our craving for tacos, we made some Carnitas!

Roberto Godoy Martinez @untipobrillante

Toronto, Ontario, Canadá

We live outside of Mexico, and to satisfy our craving for tacos, we made some Carnitas!

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Ingredients

4 1/2 poundspork belly
1/2onion
5 clovesgarlic
2 1/5 poundslard
2 tablespoonscoarse salt
2 tablespoonstable salt
4 1/4 cupswater
1 cupmilk
1orange

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Steps

1

You can use shank, ribs, or loin, but I preferred pork belly. First, make some shallow cuts in the skin of the pork belly and cover it with coarse salt. Meanwhile, heat the lard in a pot (the hotter, the better).
2

When the lard is hot, add half an onion and the 5 cloves of garlic. Then, I cut the pork belly into small cubes so it would be completely covered by the lard. Stir constantly to prevent the carnitas from sticking.
3

When the meat starts to change color (golden), it's time to add the water, table salt, and squeeze in the juice of a well-washed orange. Place half of the squeezed orange into the pot with the meat and add the milk.
4

After half an hour, take them out, and they're ready for tacos.