Low-Fat Carnitas

10 ingredients
7 steps

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. 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. 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. 3
    Strain broth.
  4. 4
    Cover pork with enough broth to keep moist and use remaining broth for Spiced Black Beans.
  5. 5
    To bake carnitas, pull pork large shreds and place in a shallow baking dish.
  6. 6
    Spoon some broth over to keep moist. Broil pork until slightly crisp (watching carefully), turn, moisten if necessary and broil again.
  7. 7
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