Brown Sugar Carnitas
Save this recipe, I am dead serious! Super easy, super tasty, super satisfying! I used mine for street tacos with home made corn tortilla.
Ingredients:
4 lb pork shoulder, cut into roughly 3 inch chunks, don’t worry about the looks
3 cups of milk, any kind, divided
1/4 of a large white / yellow onion, or half of a small one, cut into chunks
3 cloves of garlic
1 bunch of cilantro stems, yes, stems provides the good flavor, save the leaves for garnish!
1/4 cup of brown sugar
Generous amount of salt and pepper for seasoning
1 tbsp of lard or vegetable shortening. Worst case, use olive oil, don’t fuss about this
Method:
Brown pork in a heavy bottom pot over medium high heat with generous amount of salt and pepper. Leave meat pieces alone for 5 to 6 minutes to thoroughly brown, then flip once and brown for 5 to 6 minutes. You may need to do this in batches. Be patient.
In the mean time, blend the rest of the ingredients except for 1/2 cup of milk and brown sugar in a blender till smooth. Once meat chunks are thoroughly browned, pour milky mixture into pot, stir to combine. When liquid starts to boil again, lid on and lower heat to low and simmer for about 50 minutes. Stir a couple of times during.
When it’s all done and meat is tender, combine remaining milk and brown sugar and pour over meat. Stir, and cook for about 5 minutes. All done! Enjoy over home made tortilla or rice, top pizza dough, make pasta sauce, use it to make pupusas or even enchiladas….
