Easy Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas

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Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas are the ultimate of taco fillings! Shredded pork is perfectly seasoned and slow cooked with a hint of tangy citrus making for the best school night taco Tuesday!

Ingredients:

– 3 lbs Pork Shoulder or Pork Butt – 5 tablespoon Vegetable Oil  – 5 cloves Garlic Peeled – 1 Bay Leaf – 1 Onion – 3 cups Orange Juice – ⅓ cup Lime Juice – 14.5 oz Beef Broth  – 1 tsp Salt

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Preheat a large pot or skillet over medium-high heat with 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil. Sear all sides of pork shoulder to till you get a brown crust to seal in the juices.

Sear the Pork

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2

Transfer pork to a crockpot and pour in orange juice. Add in enough beef broth to cover your meat the rest of the way.

Add to Crockpot

3

Place bay leaf, garlic cloves, and quartered yellow onion in crockpot. Cook Carnitas on low for 4-5 hours.

Slow Cook

4

Remove and shred meat only, using tongs or two forks, into bite-sized pieces. It does not have to be completely uniform. Serve in tortillas!

Shred and Serve