Green Chile Pork Carnitas Recipes

GREEN CHILI PORK CARNITAS TACOS

Steps:

• Heat large skillet to high heat. Add oil and heat for 1-2 minutes.
• Add pork loin roast and cook for 5 minutes per side, until golden brown.
• Once seared, place pork roast into slow cooker or instapot.
• Top with onion, jalapenos, green chilies, garlic salt, pepper, and cumin powder. Rub on pork.
• Pour in orange juice and lime juice.
• Cook on low for 8 hours or on high for approximately 5 hours.
• Once pork is perfectly cooked, use two forks to shred into bite size pieces. Taste and salt and pepper to taste.
• To assemble tacos: place pork carnitas in corn tortillas and top with queso fresco cheese, guacamole, and cilantro. Optional: tomatillo salsa

PORK CARNITAS WITH GREEN CHILES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in an ovenproof, heavy, large covered pot over high heat.(If you don't have a large pot that goes from stovetop to oven, simply prepare on stovetop, and then transfer to a covered casserole before baking).
• Add half of the pork cubes; sprinkle with half of the salt and half of the black pepper. Cook pork until starting to brown, stirring often. Remove pork.
• Repeat with remaining pork cubes, salt and black pepper, adding more oil if necessary.
• Drain drippings from pot.
• Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in the same pot over medium heat. Cook onion in hot oil until tender.
• Stir in undrained chiles and garlic; cook for 2 minutes.
• Return pork to pot. Add chicken broth.
• Cover and put in oven to bake for 1 hour.
• Serve pork in tortillas topped with Cheddar cheese, tomato and sour cream if desired.

PORK GREEN CHILE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large cast iron skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in cubed pork, and cook until nicely browned and cooked through, about 15 minutes. Remove skillet from heat, and allow to cool briefly.
• Sprinkle flour over pork. With a wooden spoon, stir pork to coat, scraping the bottom of the skillet to loosen browned bits. Add chile peppers, jalapenos, and onions. Stir in tomato sauce and water. Season to taste with onion salt, garlic salt, and salt and pepper.
• Return skillet to medium heat. Bring to a simmer, cover, and cook 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove cover, and cook 10 minutes more.

CARNITAS ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add shredded pork, chopped onion, orange juice concentrate, cumin, chili powder, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer until onion is tender, about 20 minutes.
• Remove lid, increase heat to medium, and continue to cook until the liquid is mostly evaporated, about 10 minutes. Transfer everything to a plate and allow to cool slightly. Wipe the skillet clean with paper towels.
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Combine salsa verde and sour cream in a mixing bowl, stirring well. Spread about 1 cup of salsa verde mixture over the bottom of the prepared baking dish, reserving the rest.
• Add remaining cooking oil to the cleaned skillet and heat over medium-high heat.
• Gently warm each tortilla in the oil, about 2 minutes per side, making the tortillas flexible. Add more oil, if needed.
• Place a tortilla on a work surface and add 3 tablespoons of pork mixture and 1 tablespoon shredded cheese. Roll the tortilla gently around the filling, and place seam side down in the prepared dish. Repeat with the remaining tortillas.
• When all tortillas are rolled up and in the dish, pour the reserved salsa-sour cream mixture over the filled tortillas.
• Bake uncovered in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.
• Remove from the oven; sprinkle on remaining cheese and allow to melt while the enchiladas cool, about 5 minutes.

ARIZONA CARNITAS WITH GREEN CHILES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350.
• In a large ovenproof pan, heat 2 Tbsp of oil ove high heat. Add 1/2 the pork, salt, and pepper. Cook pork until it begins to brown, stirring often. Remove from heat; place in a bowl, cover to keep warm.
• Repeat with remaining oil, pork, salt and pepper.
• Cook onions in pan drippings until tender.
• Add chiles and garlic. Cook 2 minutes.
• Return pork to pan, add chicken broth, stir to combine.
• Cover pan and place in oven; bake 1 hour.
• Serve with warm tortillas.
• Optional toppings: Cheddar cheese, sour cream, tomatoes; guacamole.

PORK AND GREEN CHILE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large skillet, brown pork in oil; drain. Stir in the beans, soup, tomatoes, chiles, rice, water, salsa and cumin. , Pour into an ungreased 2-qt. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, until bubbly, about 30 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese; let stand 5 minutes before serving. If desired, serve with jalapeno slices. Freeze option: Sprinkle cheese over cooled unbaked casserole. Cover and freeze. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Preheat oven to 350°. Bake casserole as directed, increasing time as necessary to heat through and for a thermometer inserted in center to read 165°. If desired, serve with jalapeno slices.

PORK CARNITAS

Steps:

• Heat the vegetable oil in a large Dutch oven over high heat. Season the pork shoulder with salt, then arrange the pork in the Dutch oven. Cook until browned on all sides, about 10 minutes. Add the onion, garlic, lime juice, chili powder, oregano, and cumin. Pour in the chicken broth, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and continue to simmer until pork is very tender, about 2 1/2 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Transfer the pork shoulder to a large baking sheet, reserving the cooking liquid. Drizzle with a small amount of the reserved cooking liquid and lightly season with salt.
• Bake the pork in the preheated oven until browned, about 30 minutes. Drizzle more of the cooking liquid on the meat every 10 minutes, and use two forks to shred the meat as it browns.

ANDY'S SPICY GREEN CHILE PORK

Steps:

• Layer the chopped onion into the bottom of a slow cooker. Season the pork shoulder with salt and pepper; place atop the chopped onion. Pour the green salsa over the pork. Sprinkle the the cilantro over the salsa and pork. Drop the serrano chile peppers into the slow cooker.
• Cook on Low until the meat falls apart easily, about 8 hours. Gently remove the pork to a cutting board. Strain and discard about half the remaining liquid from the slow cooker, reserving the rest. Discard the onions, peppers, and cilantro if desired.
• Shred the pork shoulder with a pair of forks. Mix the pork with the reserved liquid from the slow cooker to serve.