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Low-Fat Carnitas
 
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes
Cook Time: 0 Minutes
Ready In: 0 Minutes
Servings: 6
serve with low fat spiced black beans
Ingredients:
4 lbs pork loin, cut in very large pieces
1 1/2 quarts chicken broth
1 large onion, quartered
1 tablespoon cumin
1 tablespoon coriander
2 teaspoons oregano, dried
4 chipotle chiles, canned or dry
2 bay leaves
to taste water
to taste salt
Directions:
1. To a 7- to 8-quart pan, add pork, broth, onion, coriander, cumin, oregano, chilies in sauce, sauce, and bay leaves. Add water to cover the pork.
2. Cover the pan and bring to a boil on high heat, then reduce heat and simmer until meat pulls apart easily with a fork, 2 to 3 hours.
3. Strain broth.
4. Cover pork with enough broth to keep moist and use remaining broth for Spiced Black Beans.
5. To bake carnitas, pull pork large shreds and place in a shallow baking dish.
6. Spoon some broth over to keep moist. Broil pork until slightly crisp (watching carefully), turn, moisten if necessary and broil again.
By RecipeOfHealth.com