Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Any-night-of-the-week Mike's Carnitas
by Shane Howard
Mike's Carnitas
Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, mike's carnitas. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Mike's Carnitas is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Mike's Carnitas is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have mike's carnitas using 36 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Mike's Carnitas:
Get ● For The First Stage
Take 10 Pounds Boneless Pork Tenderloin
Make ready 2 (14 oz) Cans Beef Broth
Prepare 1 tbsp Fresh Ground Cumin
Make ready 1/2 Dos Equis Beer
Make ready 1 LG Vidalia Onion
Make ready 1 LG Cinnamon Stick
Get 1 tbsp Sweetened Condensed Milk
Take ● For The Second Stage
Get 4 LG Jalapeños [halved - deseeded]
Get 1/2 LG Chopped Green Bell Pepper
Prepare 1/2 Bottle LG Mexican Coke
Make ready 1/2 Bottle Dos Equis Beer
Prepare 1 tbsp Fresh Ground Cumin
Make ready 1 tsp Crushed Mexican Oregano
Get 1 tsp Crushed Bay Leaves
Take 1/2 LG Orange [with juice]
Make ready 1 Medium Lime [with juice]
Make ready ● For The The Third Stage
Make ready 2 Pounds Manteca Lard
Make ready ● For The Fourth Stage
Prepare Seal Tightly In Tin Foil With One Cup Pork Juice
Take 1 Cup Of Your Favorite Red Salsa [optional]
Make ready ● For The Sides [as needed]
Get Warm Flour Tortillas
Make ready Mexican Sour Cream
Prepare Leaves Fresh Cilantro
Make ready Mexican 3 Cheese
Make ready Green Salsa
Get Red Salsa
Prepare Pico de Gallo
Take Guacamole Dip
Make ready Red Onions
Make ready White Onions
Get Sliced Radishes
Make ready 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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