Change up your dinners and try these Tacos de Carnitas. They are juicy, crispy and very flavourful! It’s perfect for a family-style dinner, where everyone can help themselves with their favourite toppings.
Sliced Pickled Red Onions (Optional) Recipe in the description
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Instructions
Preheat the oven to 160c.
In a mixing bowl marinade the pork with olive oil, cumin, oregano & sea salt.
Heat a large sauté pan over high heat. Add the pork and sear on each side for 2 minutes.
Until you have a nice brown crust.
Add the pork, orange juice and crushed garlic cloves to a deep baking tray.
Tightly wrap the baking tray with tin foil and bake for 2 hours.
Carefully take out the baking tray and baste the pork (Pour the liqud on top of the pork 5-6 times).
Wrap the baking tray tightly with tin foil again and bake for 2 and a half hours to 3 hours.
Until the pork is tender and falling apart.
Place the pork in a large mixing bowl and use 2 forks to shred the pork.
Reserve the cooking liquid from the baking tray
Crisping the Pork (6-8 minutes)
Heat a large sauté pan over high heat. Add half the cooking liquid and half the pork. Stir quite requarlly and cook into the pork has crisped, this will take 3-4 minutes for each batch. Repeat until all the pork is crisp
Serving your Tacos
You can either serve by adding all the taco ingredients on to a table for a more family styled dinner or plate individually.