Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, mike's carnitas. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Mike's Carnitas is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Mike's Carnitas is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to 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:
- Get ● For The First Stage
- Take 10 Pounds Boneless Pork Tenderloin
- Get 2 (14 oz) Cans Beef Broth
- Take 1 tbsp Fresh Ground Cumin
- Make ready 1/2 Dos Equis Beer
- Make ready 1 LG Vidalia Onion
- Take 1 LG Cinnamon Stick
- Prepare 1 tbsp Sweetened Condensed Milk
- Prepare ● For The Second Stage
- Prepare 4 LG Jalapeños [halved - deseeded]
- Take 1/2 LG Chopped Green Bell Pepper
- Get 1/2 Bottle LG Mexican Coke
- Get 1/2 Bottle Dos Equis Beer
- Make ready 1 tbsp Fresh Ground Cumin
- Prepare 1 tsp Crushed Mexican Oregano
- Prepare 1 tsp Crushed Bay Leaves
- Prepare 1/2 LG Orange [with juice]
- Get 1 Medium Lime [with juice]
- Prepare ● For The The Third Stage
- Take 2 Pounds Manteca Lard
- Prepare ● For The Fourth Stage
- Prepare Seal Tightly In Tin Foil With One Cup Pork Juice
- Prepare 1 Cup Of Your Favorite Red Salsa [optional]
- Get ● For The Sides [as needed]
- Make ready Warm Flour Tortillas
- Make ready Mexican Sour Cream
- Prepare Leaves Fresh Cilantro
- Get Mexican 3 Cheese
- Prepare Green Salsa
- Take Red Salsa
- Make ready Pico de Gallo
- Prepare Guacamole Dip
- Prepare Red Onions
- Get White Onions
- Make ready Sliced Radishes
- Prepare 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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