Carnitas means "little meats" in Spanish. It is a seasoned, roasted shredded pork filling used for tacos. So good!
Though I consider "Olvera Street carnitas" to be the gold standard of shredded pork tacos, I do make an equivalent of sorts at home. It's cheaper, that's for sure, and a little easier to achieve than a drive to the City of Angels. Though "carnitas purists" may disagree, you can make this in your crockpot for a simple and delicious dinner.
Carnitas Soft Tacos
3-4 pound pork shoulder roast
salt and pepper
1 onion, chopped
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/4 cup water
Place pork roast in crockpot. Season with salt and pepper. Add chopped onion and spinkle with oregano. Add water to pot. Cook on low for 8 hours or on high for about 4. Meat should fall apart. Remove from pot. Save juices for chili, stew, or soup. Shred meat and serve with corn tortillas and guacamole.
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15 comments:
Oh, yum.
Would it be sacrilege if I tossed some salsa and cheese into the mix?
Umm those look so tasty. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
You just fill the taco shell with the meat and guacamole? Wow! That looks really good (and that's saying something from a non-mexican food fan),
those look YUMMY !!! can you please come up here and make me some!
I am going to try these.
What is a pork shoulder?? is that the same as a pork roast ??
JL, that's fine. My bro did exactly that when I took these photos. In LA, they serve these simply: meat rolled up in the tortilla, nothing else, but they have huge vats of fresh salsa to add to it.
Pork shoulder, picnic roast, and pork butt roasts would all work. Just not loin or tender loin. Doesn't taste the same.
This looks so good! We rarely eat pork--I'll remember to do this the next time I pick some up.
Yum! I would love for you to join in Crock Pot Wednesdays at Dining With Debbie. Come share a favorite and leave with some new ones. Come check it out.
You make me want to use the crockpot!
I seriously have no idea how to use the thing. A friend gave me one and I'm still lost.
I'm glad you said no pork loin, or I would have tried it that way. Picnic and shoulder roast is WAY cheaper. Is that weight including the bone? I'll have to watch for it to go on sale.
Of course, the avacados can completely blow my budget. I've been craving them, though! This just makes me want them more!
Thank you for this recipe. We are scoring on some cheap pork shoulder blade roast this week (.74 cents/lb) and I was hoping to find something to do with it besides the same old crockpot with potatoes and carrots thing. We love Mexican, this will go over really well :)
I made this last night, and it was delicious! I followed your recipe to the T, it was so easy. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe.
Olvera Street Carnitas are the best! I am a California girl living in Texas and they just can't seem to get carnitas right out here! Tex-Mex just isn't the same! I can't wait to try your recipe! Thanks for such a great site!
Thank you so much for using corn tortillas. So many people make soft tacos and use flour tortillas!! It is one of my pet peeves. If a flour tortilla is used its just a burrito folded like a taco. Flour tortilla and taco do not belong in the same sentence!! :)
I made this the other day and it was so so yummy!!! Thank you for a great (and so simple) recipe!
I am going to try to make these this month for Freezer cooking days---I linked to you site(your recipe) I hope that is ok.
Yes, it's definitely ok
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