Slow Cooker Carnitas

This slow cooker carnitas recipe is easy to prep and makes a great filling for tamales, enchiladas, tacos, and burritos. This filling is also great combined with your favorite barbecue sauce and served on buns.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 hr
• Total Time: 10 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 223 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• ½ teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 (4 pound) boneless pork shoulder roast
• ½ teaspoon crumbled dried oregano

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Mix salt, garlic powder, cumin, oregano, coriander, and cinnamon together in a bowl; coat pork with spice mixture. Place bay leaves in the bottom of a slow cooker and arrange pork on top. Pour chicken broth around the sides of pork, being careful not to rinse off spice mixture.

Step 2

Cover and cook on Low, turning after 5 hours, until pork shreds easily with a fork, about 10 hours in total.

Step 3

When the pork is tender, remove from the slow cooker; shred with two forks. Use cooking liquid as needed to moisten the meat.