Authentic Mexican Carnitas

Name: Authentic Mexican Carnitas
Total time: 120 s
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 355 ml bottled Mexican Coca-Cola. Note: American Coca-Cola will; 6 lb bone in pork shoulder or pork butt sliced into 4inch slices; 1 sliced up orange with peel; 2 cinnamon sticks; 2 1/2 lb Manteca "lard"; 1 cup water; 4 dry bay leaves; 1/2 can (7 ounces) sweetend condensed milk; 1 1/2 tbsp sea salt; 4 whole fresh cloves of garlic

Hellbound78 @Hellbound78_cooking_

There are other recipes for carnitas, for example slow cooked in chicken broth. I found that the only way to get that authentic Mexican flavor is to use the manteca "lard". Also DO NOT use American style Coca-Cola, it doesn't have the raw sugar the Mexican Coca-Cola has.

Hellbound78 @Hellbound78_cooking_

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Ingredients

2 mins

12 servings

355 mlbottled Mexican Coca-Cola. Note: American Coca-Cola will
6 lbbone in pork shoulder or pork butt sliced into 4inch slices
1sliced up orange with peel
2cinnamon sticks
2 1/2 lbManteca "lard"
1 cupwater
4dry bay leaves
1/2 can (7 ounces)sweetend condensed milk
1 1/2 tbspsea salt
4whole fresh cloves of garlic

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Steps

2 mins

1

On your stove top range, bring temperature of lard to 375°F in a large cooking pot or dutch oven.
2

Add your slices of pork to the 375°F lard, and allow pork to sear until brown, stirring frequently as to not let the pork stick to the pot.
3

Add cinnamon sticks, then add oranges by squeezing juice into cooking pot, and then drop in squeezed oranges peel and all. Cook while stirring often for about 30 minutes.
4

Reduce heat to medium, while adding a cup of water to the boiling lard. This will bring down cooking temperature to 230°F. Resume cooking at medium until water evaporates, simmering for about 30 minutes.
5

Stir in the bottle of Mexican Coca-Cola, crushed whole cloves of garlic, dry bay leaves, and sea salt. Option for sweet taste: add half can (7 ounces) of sweetened condensed milk. cook for another hour while frequently stirring over medium heat.
6

Carefully remove carnitas and place on paper towel. Then carefully cut carnitas into 2 inch cubes.
7

In a large skillet over medium heat, fry carnitas frequently turning until crispy to your liking.
8

Enjoy with warm tortillas, avocado, cilantro, etc...