Crispy Pork Carnitas

• servings: 6 servings
• active time: 15 minutes
• total time: 3 hours 55 minutes

Ingredients

3 pounds boneless pork butt (shoulder)

8 cloves garlic, peeled

¼ cup olive oil

1 orange, juiced, orange parts of peel removed and sliced into thin strips

1 tablespoon kosher salt

2 bay leaves, torn in half

1 teaspoon ground black pepper

1 teaspoon ground cumin

¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon

½ teaspoon Chinese 5-spice powder

Directions

Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C).

Remove fat from pork; cut meat into 2-inch cubes and roughly chop fat.

Mix together pork meat and fat with garlic, olive oil, orange peel, orange juice, salt, bay leaves, black pepper, cumin, cinnamon, and 5-spice powder in a large bowl until pork is coated completely.

Transfer mixture to a 9x13-inch baking dish. Cover the dish tightly with heavy-duty aluminum foil, then place on a baking sheet.

Bake in the preheated oven until pork is fork tender, about 3 1/2 hours.

Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler. Remove garlic, orange peel, and bay leaves from the baking dish. Transfer pork to a colander set in a bowl. Pour accumulated juices from the baking dish over pork. Return pork to the baking dish and drizzle with some accumulated juices.

Cook under the preheated broiler for 3 minutes. Drizzle more accumulated juices over pork and continue broiling until crispy, 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer pork to a serving plate and drizzle with remaining accumulated juices.

Enjoy!

Nutrition

• Calories: 317 kcal
• Total Fat: 23 g
• Saturated Fat: 6 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
• Cholesterol: 89 mg
• Sodium: 1036 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 2 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0 g
• Total Sugars: 0 g
• Protein: 26 g