Easiest Way to Prepare Perfect Mike's Carnitas
by Bess Owen
Mike's Carnitas
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have mike's carnitas using 36 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Mike's Carnitas:
Prepare ● For The First Stage
Get 10 Pounds Boneless Pork Tenderloin
Make ready 2 (14 oz) Cans Beef Broth
Prepare 1 tbsp Fresh Ground Cumin
Make ready 1/2 Dos Equis Beer
Prepare 1 LG Vidalia Onion
Get 1 LG Cinnamon Stick
Take 1 tbsp Sweetened Condensed Milk
Get ● For The Second Stage
Get 4 LG Jalapeños [halved - deseeded]
Prepare 1/2 LG Chopped Green Bell Pepper
Get 1/2 Bottle LG Mexican Coke
Take 1/2 Bottle Dos Equis Beer
Take 1 tbsp Fresh Ground Cumin
Prepare 1 tsp Crushed Mexican Oregano
Prepare 1 tsp Crushed Bay Leaves
Get 1/2 LG Orange [with juice]
Take 1 Medium Lime [with juice]
Make ready ● For The The Third Stage
Get 2 Pounds Manteca Lard
Prepare ● For The Fourth Stage
Make ready Seal Tightly In Tin Foil With One Cup Pork Juice
Get 1 Cup Of Your Favorite Red Salsa [optional]
Take ● For The Sides [as needed]
Make ready Warm Flour Tortillas
Get Mexican Sour Cream
Make ready Leaves Fresh Cilantro
Take Mexican 3 Cheese
Get Green Salsa
Take Red Salsa
Make ready Pico de Gallo
Get Guacamole Dip
Make ready Red Onions
Make ready White Onions
Take Sliced Radishes
Take 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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