Pork Carnitas Tacos
You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Pork Carnitas Tacos a try. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 405 calories, 28g of protein, and 13g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 8 and costs $1.41 per serving. 3 people found this recipe to be tasty and satisfying. It
- Prep time
- 13 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 7 cups water
- 2 pounds pork butt
- 4 cloves garlic
- 8 servings sea salt and ground pepper
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 0.5 cup orange juice
- 0.5 cup milk
- 24 corn tortillas
- 8 servings salsa fresca
- 1 slices avocado
- 8 servings cilantro
- 8 servings onion
- 8 servings limes
Instructions
- 1
In a large Dutch oven add the pork, garlic, salt and pepper, and water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat, cover and simmer over medium low for 45 minutes to one hour.
- 2
Drain well.
- 3
When cool enough to handle, shred the meat by hand or with the tines of a fork.
- 4
Remove and discard any remaining fat.
- 5
Transfer back to Dutch oven and heat the olive oil.
- 6
Add the orange juice and milk and cook until liquid has evaporated and pork has browned; stirring occasionally. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- 7
Chop onions and cilantro, and slice avocado and limes.
- 8
Place each in small individual bowls for serving.
- 9
Heat tortillas in a dry frying pan and keep warm.
- 10
For each taco, stack 2 tortillas and layer with warm carnitas, chopped cilantro, onion and avocado slices and give it a good squeeze of lemon juice.