RE: Crispy Carnitas .... OMG !!! page

[Orannhawk]

Yesterday my home was filled with the most tantalizing aroma ... I used the recipe that was recently posted in Mark's blog for Crispy Carnitas. It is so fracking amazing ! I'm still rather blown away by the fact that I have never eaten Carnitas. I grew up in a small Texas town where the primary foods are either barbecue or Mexican. Living in Santa Fe, NM for close to five years, one would assume I would have eaten it there too, but no. Not one single time .... until now.
I've grown up eating what I hunted myself, from venison to javelina, with the random small game thrown in here and there, along with interesting and tasty tidbits of barbecued marrow-gut, cabrito, even mountain oysters. SO ... HOW did I miss out on the Carnitas ?
Last night's dinner was sublime, genuine mouth watering bliss .... the meat literally fell apart, and the natural fat kept it moist and so rich tasting.
I made "tacos" with large leaves of romaine, piled high with the meat, and finished off with finely chopped sweet onion and a liberal squeeze of fresh lime juice. It was so wonderful, I ate the same thing this morning !

This morning I checked the ads for the local grocery store and now I even happier ... the pork shoulder/butt price is at $1.00 per pound ! OMG ... going to the store later for more ! (hhhmnnn ... and more romaine and fresh limes too !) I would be jumping up and down if it was pastured pork, but nonetheless, I am thrilled !

THANK YOU MARK for an amazing recipe !

[carlh]

That would be this recipe: Crispy Carnitas | Mark's Daily Apple

[j3nn]

Don't forget cilantro! Love carnitas with a squeeze of lime and lotssss of fresh cilantro.

[yodiewan]

Don't forget cilantro! Love carnitas with a squeeze of lime and lotssss of fresh cilantro.

YES! That is exactly what I was going to say.

[Goosejuggler]

OMG you just made me so hungry! I've been wanting to make that carnita recipe for ages, but our grocer has been out of pork butt for a while and its $15 a kg at our butchers, which makes it a big expensive. Might have to get some anyway. Soooo good!

[jammies]

I love crispy carnitas so much too! Lime, cumin, cilantro, garlic....there is no limit to the ways to jazz it up

[Orannhawk]

Yes Carl ... that's the one !

[lambchop]

I did this earlier in the week - so great that it lasts so long!

[wannispearl]

It is surprising that you come from both of those places and hadn't had carnitas... but I can resonate to an extent. I just started eating pork this past year when I lived in south america. I had no idea it was SO good.
So last week I decided to learn how to cook it (I am quite a good cook in most other categories but pork is definitely not a meat I'm familiar cooking with). These carnitas are amazing. Instead of doing it in the oven I put the pork booty in a slow cooker for a few hours and then shredded the meat and broiled it into crispy, fat caramelized goodness. I added some extra spices as well because I'm a spice feind. YUM.
(Also, impressive that you have always hunted yourself. Very cool!)

[breadsauce]

think so,Don't forget cilantro! Love carnitas with a squeeze of lime and lotssss of fresh cilantro.

Love cilantro too - though it is coriander here in UK. Doesn't stop it being awesome though!!