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Easy Crock Pot Carnitas Recipe

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Easy Crock Pot Carnitas Recipe - Our family eats this at least once a week. So easy and SO good!

 

This time of year my favorite kitchen appliance is by far my slow cooker. With Fall Festivities in full swing, it seems like most days we are leaving the house before dawn – only to return after dark. I love it when we walk in and are met with the amazing smells of what has been cooking for us all day long.

One of  my family’s favorites year round is a super simple – yet super delicious – Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas.

 

Great Crockpot Recipe

 

With ingredients that I always have on hand, I can quickly throw everything into my slowcooker as I am leaving in the morning – and return home to a delicious, filling meal. Plus everyone can top their carnitas with whatever they want – making everyone happy! It does not get much better than that.

The secret to perfect Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas starts with having the perfect cut of pork. Smithfield All Natural pork products have no artificial ingredients or preservatives and are available at your local Walmart. This I knew this week was going to be particularly busy I dropped in to Walmart to grab a little pork tenderloin to surprise the family with their favorite slow cooker pork carnitas.

 

Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas

 

Ingredients:

•    Smithfield All Natural Pork Tenderloin

•    1 tablespoon chili powder

•    1 teaspoon cumin

•    1 teaspoon oregano leaves

•    1 teaspoon black pepper

•    1 teaspoon salt

•    2 teaspoon minced garlic

•    1 cup orange juice

•    ¼ cup lime juice

 

Directions:

Begin by mixing chili powder, cumin, oregano leaves, pepper and salt together in a bowl. This will make a great dry rub that you want to then run in to your Smithfield All Natural Pork Tenderloin.

 

Carnitas Spices

 

In your slow cooker add in orange juice, lime juice and minced garlic and stir. Place tenderloin in to slowcooker. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 5 hours.

 

Crock Pot Pork Carnitas

 

Remove meat from slow cooker and let “rest” about five minutes, leaving juices in slowcooker. Then using two forks, shred entire tenderloin. This will literally only take seconds because the Smithfield All Natural Tenderloin is so tender.  Put shredded pork back in to slowcooker juices and let cook another 30 minutes on low.  Spoon meat on to your favorite tortillas, rice, salad – however you want to enjoy it!

 

Easy Crock Pot Carnitas

 

Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas are absolutely delicious – and if you have any leftover, it saves beautifully in the refrigerator and can be warmed in the microwave for a quick and easy lunch!

If you are looking for a meal that delights the entire family – and that tastes like you slaved over it all day long – stop by your local Walmart and grab the Smithfield All Natural Pork and other ingredients you need for Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas – you will not be disappointed!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

  1. I really like sow cooker mealls . In the winter for us nothing beats coming home to a hot meal. I have tried this braand of pork and it is quite good and turns out well.

  2. It’s the time of year when my slow cooker gets a lot of use, and I’m going to add your Pork Carnitas to my recipe rotation.

  7. Slow Cooker meals in the fall and winter are so good as well as convenient. My family would love this – I’m going to have to try the Carnitas recipe. Thanks.

  11. This looks easy and delicious. I will be trying this like this coming week. Thanks for sharing.

  12. The perfect recipe to make in my new crock pot!
    Easy recipe not a lot of recipes and we like them all.
    thanks

  13. This looks so good! I love using my crock pot around this time of year. It’s so nice having a delicious meal to come home to after all my shopping.

  14. I love easy meals like this. I usually order carnitas at our local restaurant, but now I can make them at home for a fraction of the price. 🙂

  15. We LOVE Carnitas!  When I visit my son and DIL, I often put carnitas in the crock pot before I leave so that they have dinner done that evening.

  16. the seaonsings is what makes a good crock pot meal and i love your spices here brilliant so want to make this 

  17. I am so going to make this! I love crock pot meals,especially in the Winter.I have never made carnitas before and it looks so delish!

  19. I love the addition of orange juice, I think that would make the meat very flavorful. I use my slow cooker a lot because it’s just so easy to make a great meal with very little effort

  21. Carnitas are my favorite but i have never made it myself.I would love to try the slow cooker recipe,it looks good

  24. We do Mexican cuisine at least a couple times a month.  Your carnitas recipes sound like a delicious time saving option.  

  26. I just made carnitas last night, man I wish I had known I could have made them in the slow cooker!

  27. This looks like a really good slow cooker meal. I love that there is citrus in the recipe 🙂

  31. Oh yum! This sounds delicious. I’m always looking for dishes I can cook in the slow cooker and this looks like a good one. I just found a recipe for gluten free tortillas and this looks like a good recipe to test with those. Thanks for sharing!

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