Slow cooker pulled pork carnitas
Ingredients
- 1 pork shoulder with fat cap
- 1 brown onion
- 1 jalapeno pepper
- 4 garlic cloves
- 2 large oranges
- 1 tbsp oregano
- 1 tbsp cumin
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tsp ancho chilli flakes
- Salt
- Black pepper
Method
- Rinse and pat dry pork shoulder
- Chop onion, finely chop jalapeno, and mince garlic
- Mix together oregano, cumin, chilli flakes, salt, pepper, and olive oil
- Rub the pork with the spice mix
- Juice the oranges
- Add all ingredients to the slow cooker
- Cook on high for 7-10 hours
- Remove fat cap and make crackling in the oven
- Remove the juice from the slow cooker and set aside
- Shred the pork
- Crisp batches of the pork in a frying pan over high heat, spooning over the juice
- Optionally reduce down the leftover juice by simmering in a pan until dark and thicker to use as a sauce