Ingredients for - Crispy Pork Carnitas
How to cook deliciously - Crispy Pork Carnitas
1. Stage
Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C).
2. Stage
Remove fat from pork; cut meat into 2-inch cubes and roughly chop fat.
3. Stage
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.
4. Stage
Bake in the preheated oven until pork is fork tender, about 3 1/2 hours.
5. Stage
Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
6. Stage
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.
7. Stage
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. Rock_lobster
