Easiest Way to Prepare Award-winning Mike's Carnitas
by Glen Maxwell
Mike's Carnitas
Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, mike's carnitas. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Mike's Carnitas is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Mike's Carnitas is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have mike's carnitas using 36 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Mike's Carnitas:
Prepare ● For The First Stage
Prepare Boneless Pork Tenderloin
Get Cans Beef Broth
Make ready Fresh Ground Cumin
Make ready Dos Equis Beer
Make ready LG Vidalia Onion
Get LG Cinnamon Stick
Prepare Sweetened Condensed Milk
Make ready ● For The Second Stage
Make ready LG Jalapeños [halved - deseeded]
Make ready LG Chopped Green Bell Pepper
Get LG Mexican Coke
Get Dos Equis Beer
Prepare Fresh Ground Cumin
Take Crushed Mexican Oregano
Take Crushed Bay Leaves
Prepare LG Orange [with juice]
Get Medium Lime [with juice]
Get ● For The The Third Stage
Take Manteca Lard
Prepare ● For The Fourth Stage
Take Seal Tightly In Tin Foil With One Cup Pork Juice
Get Of Your Favorite Red Salsa [optional]
Get ● For The Sides [as needed]
Get Warm Flour Tortillas
Prepare Mexican Sour Cream
Make ready Fresh Cilantro
Take Mexican 3 Cheese
Get Green Salsa
Take Red Salsa
Get Pico de Gallo
Make ready Guacamole Dip
Take Red Onions
Take White Onions
Make ready Sliced Radishes
Take 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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