Candy Red Carnitas and here’s how to do it❗️✅🚀 #carnitas #tacos #carnitas #pork #recipe

pork shoulder

🥗Healthier: pork tenderloin

💰Cheaper: pork butt

Pork tenderloin is leaner, while pork butt is often less expensive.

lard

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Olive oil is healthier, while vegetable oil is budget-friendly.

Dice the pork shoulder into big chunks.

Season the meat with salt, pepper, onion, and garlic powder.

In the largest pot available, add beef tallow and place the meat in the pot.

Cook on medium heat for 30 minutes without moving the meat.

After 30 minutes, flip the meat over and cook for an additional 30 minutes.

Juice half of an orange into the pot with the carnitas.

Slice the top off a purple onion and lay it into the pot.

Add 1/2 cup of coke to the pot.

Add 3 bay leaves and a couple of shakes of ground cumin seeds to the pot.

Mix everything together and cook for the last 30 minutes until the meat develops a candy red color.

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