How to make TRADITIONAL MEXICAN CARNITAS, the EASIEST, SIMPLEST, and most DELICIOUS Recipe!

hi guys welcome back to my Channel today I'm going to share with you how to make traditional Carnitas so in case you guys make this super easy and delicious recipe just stay tuned and I'll show you how alrighty guys so let's get started with our ingredients so for this recipe we're going to need eight pounds of pork shoulder lard 18 ounces of Mexican Coke three oranges two onions two headed garlic and salt so these are ingredients now let's get started okay so my meat is already cut into large chunks so now we're just going to Pat it dry and just make sure that your pieces are as even as possible so like that they cook evenly but once we have them ready we can get ready to begin cooking all right guys we're going to begin by adding our lard to our Castle and we just want it to be about halfway filled with our lard okay so I added 10 pounds of lard now I'm just going to have it sit on high heat and allow it to melt already and once alarms we're going to allow it to get nice and hot okay and once our light is nice and hot we're going to throw in our pork chunks and we're just going to allow them to get nice and brown alrighty guys so after five minutes this is what our granny does it should begin to look like at this point we're going to reduce the heat to low setting here we're going to add our onions cut them in half we're going to add our garlic just mash them down we're going to add the juice from our oranges make sure that you rinse them real good because we're also going to be adding the peel and along with this we're going to add our salt I am I'm using four tablespoons we're just going to dissolve it with one cup of water just mix it and add it in now just mix it all and allow it to cook for one hour and a half make sure that you're moving it constantly so they don't stick to the bottom of your pot alrighty guys so it's been 10 minutes so we're going to move it around and you want to do this every 10 or 15 minutes not that slow cooking process begins alrighty guys our Carnitas have been cooking for one hour and 30 minutes and this is what they look like so now we're just going to finish it off by adding our Mexican Coke and this is just going to give us that beautiful caramelized color [Music] okay so just mix it and we're just going to allow it to continue cooking for another 30 minutes or until our meat is nice and tender all right you guys and after 30 minutes our Carnitas are done and this is what they should look like and of course they should be nice and tender so just check them and they should fall apart super easy all righty guys and just like that we make the easiest and most traditional Carnitas of course they're perfect for everything for gorditas to make your Tortas or just to enjoy them in a taco we're going to keep it very simple grab look at that oh and these smells so good but we're going to keep it very simple just like that with a little Limon and of course our salsita and I just have my three must-have sauces for my tacos ITA La Verde and just like that so cheers and enjoy alrighty you guys and now for the best part the taste test now let me tell you guys that I hope you give this recipe a try it's seriously super easy with only six ingredients you make some of the best Carnitas perfect for all of your favorite dishes and of course if you don't want to do it outside in a castle you can always do it inside I will leave the recipe in the description box so you guys can check out that method but I'm ready so cheers and enjoy hmm seriously the best they're so tender so juicy so flavorful it's amazing um so good alrighty guys and there you have it at home make some traditional Carnitas I hope you guys are enjoy watching this video and if you did please don't forget to give me a big thumbs up share with your friends and family and if you look at this recipe please don't forget to tag me in any of my social medias anybody to my Channel please hit that subscribe button so you guys keep part of our family thank you so much for watching and I'll see you guys on my next video bye

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Length: 4min 44sec (284 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 09 2023