Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, slow cooker carnitas. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Carnitas means 'little meats' and is traditionally fried then braised. This recipe is made much easier using the slow cooker but the results are just as tasty. This makes a great filling for tamales, enchiladas, tacos and burritos.

Slow Cooker Carnitas is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Slow Cooker Carnitas is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook slow cooker carnitas using 6 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooker Carnitas:

1. Prepare Pork Shoulder (Boneless is Easier)
2. Make ready Adobo Seasoning
3. Prepare Black Pepper
4. Get Salt
5. Get Sazon (cilantro con achiote)
6. Get Slow Cooker

They are the perfect addition to tacos, burritos, salads and quesadillas. Using this convenient shortcut, you can broil the meat on a sheet pan and brown and crisp the entire batch at once. Remove pork shoulder from the slow cooker and shred the meat before returning to the pot with the juices; season with salt and pepper, to taste, if needed. Add all ingredients to a large slow cooker, and give the mixture a stir to combine.

Instructions to make Slow Cooker Carnitas:

1. Turn your Slow Cooker on Lo.
2. Rub your Pork Shoulder with all of the spices. I don't have exact measurements, more of like just eyeball it. I like a lot of seaaoning.
3. Put the lid on and cook on Lo for 8 hrs. Don't add anything else.
4. Remove lid use a fork to gently pull apart the pork. It will mostly shred on it's own. You can drain the excess juice if you want. And when making tacos I heat a little oil in a frying pan on medium high and put a serving of the shredded pork in there just to crispen it up a little bit. Also these Carnitas left overs (if you have some) make fantastic nachos the next day. Just Saying!

Once the pork is cooked, preheat your broiler to high heat and prepare two baking sheets with aluminum foil. Place the pork roast in the slow cooker. Place the rest of the ingredients on top. Rinse and pat dry pork with a paper towel. Place the onion evenly on the bottom of the slow cooker.

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