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Carnitas

Carnitas!

Cook Time 4 hours

Ingredients

  • 4 pounds pork butt or eight bone-in pork chops
  • Enough oil to cover Dutch oven bottom
  • 1 Can Can evaporated milk or 1 cup Buttermilk
  • 1 Can Coke
  • 2 Cinnamon Sticks
  • 1 Orange entire rind and juice
  • 2 Bay leaves
  • 4 Crushed Garlic Cloves
  • 2 Tablespoons 2 Cups chicken broth
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • Salt and Pepper to taste
  • 1 rough chopped Jalapeno pepper seeds and all

Instructions

  1. Turn the oven on to 325 F
  2. Put the oil in the Dutch Oven and sear the pork (pork chops).
  3. Once meat is seared, put in all the rest of the ingredients and put the lid on to bring to a simmer.
  4. Place in the oven and cook for 3 hours without lifting lid.
  5. At the end of 3 hours, take the Dutch oven out and break up the meat into little chunks and remove bones.
  6. Place back in the oven with lid on for 1 more hour.
  7. Serve on corn tortillas or roll into burritos if you like.
  8. We used corn tortillas and then with the left over the next night we made into nachos.