Slow Cooker Chipotle Carnitas (chipotle copycat recipe)
Slow Cooker Chipotle Carnitas is a must have Chipotle Copycat Recipe. Featuring 4 main ingredients it is a classic dump and start slow cooker Mexican pulled pork recipe. Serve your slow cooker chipotle carnitas in tacos, on salads, or in your favourite Mexican soups.
Servings: 4
Calories: 525kcal
Ingredients
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Recipe Ingredients:
- 1 Pork Shoulder
- 275 ml Smokey Chipotle Sauce
- 4 Tbsp Honey
- 1 Tbsp Garlic Puree
- Salt & Pepper
Instructions
- Place your honey and smokey chipotle sauce into the slow cooker along with the garlic puree.
- Mix the carnitas marinade well so that the sticky honey is mixed into the barbecue sauce.
- Score your pork shoulder with a vegetable knife so that the marinade will flavour the inside and not just the outside of the pork.
- Season your pork with salt and pepper.
- Smother your pork in the marinade that is already in the slow cooker, until it looks like the pork is drowning in sauce.
- Place the slow cooker on high for 5 hours.
- Shred with a meat claw and serve.
Notes
You can cook your slow cooker chipotle carnitas on either low for 8 hours or high for 5 hours. If using a tough cut of pork, I recommend that you add an extra hour to the cooking time as it helps make it more tender.
If you want a spicy carnitas recipe, add in a little cayenne pepper into your marinade.
Nutrition
Calories: 525kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 54g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 185mg | Sodium: 1083mg | Potassium: 969mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 3454IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 46mg | Iron: 5mg
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