Slowcooker Carnitas. Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas - The easiest carnitas you will ever make in the crockpot, cooked low and slow for the most amazing fall-apart tender goodness! Carnitas means 'little meats' and is traditionally fried then braised. This recipe is made much easier using the slow cooker but the results are just as tasty.

Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas recipe video! Is that a pressure cooker in the video?? My slow cooker (Breville Fast-Slow Cooker) is like an Instant Pot. You can cook Slowcooker Carnitas using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Slowcooker Carnitas

1. You need 3 lb of boneless pork roast.
2. Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
3. You need 3 of bay leaves.
4. It's 1 tsp of garlic powder.
5. You need 2 tsp of oregano.
6. Prepare 2 cup of chicken broth.
7. It's 4 cup of water.
8. You need 1 tsp of achote paste.
9. It's 1/2 of diced onion.
10. It's 1 tsp of cumin.
11. It's 1 of whole jalapeno.
12. It's 1 tsp of pepper.
13. You need 2 clove of garlic.

Have you ever gone out for Mexican food, eaten carnitas, and thought "gosh, I wish I could make this myself"? Pork Carnitas (Mexican Slow Cooker Pulled Pork). Pour over more of the slow cooker juices once the meat has crisped for added flavour, just before serving! But here's the kicker - still, no one is complaining!

Slowcooker Carnitas step by step

1. add your meat, stock & water, spices,garlic, onion & whole jalapeno to crockpot..
2. turn on crockpot to low, cook about 5hrs turn over your roast and cook another 5hrs.keep check for water level & seasonings.once your meats almost done it should start shredding.you can help it along by using 2 forks and shredding.Discard most of your juice you don't want it soupy. serve with rice, beans or in a burrito.Enjoy!!.
3. remove jalapeno & bayleaves and discard.Enjoy!.
4. this recipe is for low n slow..roughly 10hrs or so.:-).

What gives Carnitas its unique flavor? If combining cinnamon and orange with pork sounds a little far fetched to you, don't be scared! The flavors are subtle and add layers of flavor. This is easily the Best Slow Cooker Carnitas Recipe we've ever made, big on flavor and low on effort. Making Slow Cooker Carnitas starts the same as if you were making them on the stove.