Low-Fat Carnitas
photo by esteban
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 1814.36 g pork loin, cut in very large pieces
- 1419.0 ml chicken broth
- 1 large onion, quartered
- 14.79 ml cumin
- 14.79 ml coriander
- 9.85 ml oregano, dried
- 4 chipotle chiles, canned or dry
- 2 bay leaves
- 0 to taste water
- 0 to taste salt
directions
- To a 7- to 8-quart pan, add pork, broth, onion, coriander, cumin, oregano, chilies in sauce, sauce, and bay leaves. Add water to cover the pork.
- Cover the pan and bring to a boil on high heat, then reduce heat and simmer until meat pulls apart easily with a fork, 2 to 3 hours.
- Strain broth.
- Cover pork with enough broth to keep moist and use remaining broth for Spiced Black Beans.
- To bake carnitas, pull pork large shreds and place in a shallow baking dish.
- Spoon some broth over to keep moist. Broil pork until slightly crisp (watching carefully), turn, moisten if necessary and broil again.
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