Simple Way to Make Perfect Mike's Carnitas
by Frank Payne
Mike's Carnitas
Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, mike's carnitas. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Mike's Carnitas is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Mike's Carnitas is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first 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
Prepare 10 Pounds Boneless Pork Tenderloin
Make ready 2 (14 oz) Cans Beef Broth
Make ready 1 tbsp Fresh Ground Cumin
Get 1/2 Dos Equis Beer
Prepare 1 LG Vidalia Onion
Take 1 LG Cinnamon Stick
Take 1 tbsp Sweetened Condensed Milk
Get ● For The Second Stage
Get 4 LG Jalapeños [halved - deseeded]
Prepare 1/2 LG Chopped Green Bell Pepper
Prepare 1/2 Bottle LG Mexican Coke
Make ready 1/2 Bottle Dos Equis Beer
Get 1 tbsp Fresh Ground Cumin
Get 1 tsp Crushed Mexican Oregano
Get 1 tsp Crushed Bay Leaves
Make ready 1/2 LG Orange [with juice]
Prepare 1 Medium Lime [with juice]
Get ● For The The Third Stage
Prepare 2 Pounds Manteca Lard
Make ready ● For The Fourth Stage
Get Seal Tightly In Tin Foil With One Cup Pork Juice
Prepare 1 Cup Of Your Favorite Red Salsa [optional]
Get ● For The Sides [as needed]
Get Warm Flour Tortillas
Make ready Mexican Sour Cream
Make ready Leaves Fresh Cilantro
Prepare Mexican 3 Cheese
Take Green Salsa
Get Red Salsa
Make ready Pico de Gallo
Get Guacamole Dip
Take Red Onions
Take White Onions
Make ready Sliced Radishes
Prepare 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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