Pork Carnitas

Ingredients

• 2 lb pork shoulder or butt
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 1 onion, chopped
• 6 garlic cloves, minced
• 3/4 cup orange juice
• 3 green onions, sliced thin

Rub

• 2 TBSP dried oregano
• 1 TBSP ground cumin
• 2 TBSP olive oil

Directions

1. Mix rub ingredients
2. Dry pork shoulder with paper towels
3. Sprinkle salt and pepper over entire pork
4. Spread rub over entire pork, pressing firmly to get it into crevices
5. Place pork in slow cooker, fat side up
6. Add all remaining ingredients to slow cooker
7. Cook on high for 6 hours
8. Pork should shred easily, if not keep cooking in slow cooker
9. Skim off fat
10. Shred pork
11. Mix pork into liquid and cook another 15 mins
12. Serve over rice
13. Garnish with green onions

Yum

Notes:

Cook a larger pork shoulder if you want left overs, which are prefect in tacos!

Or instead of serving over rice, make tacos!

If you want to reheat for tacos – heat oil in large skillet, place layer of pork in skillet once hot and cook until crispy. Flip and cook other side.