Mexican Pulled Pork-Carnitas(ATK) Recipe

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Mexican Pulled Pork-Carnitas(ATK)
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Ingredients
10
Count
Nutrition
355
Calories
Total time
200
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Preheat your oven to 300°F Trim the pork roast to remove most of the fat (leave some on); cut into 2″x2″ cubes. Place into an oven safe saucepan or Dutch oven along with the onion, orange, lime juice, bay leaves, salt, pepper, cumin, oregano, and water. Place on the stove over medium-high heat and bring up to a full simmer, stirring occasionally. Place a lid on the saucepan and move it to the middle lower rack of your oven. Bake at 300F for 2 hours, or until pork is fork tender (if you poke it with a fork, it easily slides off the fork). Remove the pan from the oven and turn the oven to broil. Using a slotted spoon, move the pork into a bowl and strain the liquid, placing it back into the pan for a glaze. Reduce the liquid over medium-high heat until the liquid reduces to about one cup.
  2. Using two forks, pull each chunk of pork into two pieces, placing them back into the bowl. Toss with the reduced glaze to coat all pieces evenly; season with salt and pepper to taste. Place a baking rack onto a rimmed cookie sheet or a baking pan with raised sides (to contain any liquids). Place pork chunks onto the baking rack so that the juices will drip onto the baking sheet, about 1″ apart. Put the baking sheet back into the oven on the lower-middle rack and allow to broil for 5-8 minutes, or until the meat starts to crisp on the top. Remove from the oven, flip all pork pieces, and place back in the oven to broil for an additional 5-8 minutes on the second side, or until edges are crisp but not burned.
  3. Remove the meat from the oven. Squeeze some fresh lime juice over the top and give it a sprinkle of salt. Serve with warm flour tortillas, guacamole, minced red onion, cilantro, salsa and sour cream. The result: pulled pork so tender it melts in your mouth, with crispy broiled edges that will make your heart sing. The addition of fresh lime juice and salt at the end really perks it up. Leftover pork (if there is any) would be awesome as a filling for enchiladas, tamales, or burritos.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 354.57 Kcal (1485 kJ)
Calories from fat 72.27 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 8.03g 12%
Cholesterol 158.73mg 53%
Sodium 533.26mg 22%
Potassium 1073.77mg 23%
Total Carbs 4.51g 2%
Sugars 2.55g 10%
Dietary Fiber 0.84g 3%
Protein 61.28g 123%
Vitamin C 14mg 23%
Iron 3mg 17%
Calcium 46mg 5%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 92.35 Kcal (387 kJ)
Calories from fat 18.82 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 2.09g 12%
Cholesterol 41.34mg 53%
Sodium 138.89mg 22%
Potassium 279.68mg 23%
Total Carbs 1.17g 2%
Sugars 0.66g 10%
Dietary Fiber 0.22g 3%
Protein 15.96g 123%
Vitamin C 3.6mg 23%
Iron 0.8mg 17%
Calcium 12mg 5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 7.6
    Points
  • 8
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • low fat,
  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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