Carnitas

[hvacker]

New Mexican pulled pork:
My wife's friend is Hispanic and this is ethnic but a lot like any pulled pork except it's ez.

Put a picnic sholder in a crock pot, cover with water and add onion, bay leaf, a pinch of origano PINCH, black pepper. No salt, salt on the serving.

Start early and cook all day. It will fall apart.
You can just put it on a plate, or wrap it in a tortilla with chili and cheeze, with green chili sauce, or however. It's nice to come home to something already cooked.
There is a lot of food here so be prepared to freeze some unless you have some help eating it.
And Doggy really likes the juices.

[mattm]

I used to get that all the time at this Mexican place in Newport KY called Rio-Grande. Good stuff.

[spotts]

I thought Carnita's was dip fried pork. Boiled in lard.

[hvacker]

I thought Carnita's was dip fried pork. Boiled in lard.

No thats a chicharrone.
Remember Chich Marren (up in smoke) He got his nickname because when he was born he was all wrinkled and someone said "He looks just like a little chicharrone"

[spotts]

chicharon's are deep fried pork skin.
I honestly do think theres more than one way to make a carnita. I know for a fact the Taquera Rancho Allegre next door to me dip fry's theirs.

[hvacker]

chicharon's are deep fried pork skin.
I honestly do think theres more than one way to make a carnita. I know for a fact the Taquera Rancho Allegre next door to me dip fry's theirs.

That should work too. . I know one sorta secret chinese thing is to take meat for a stir fry and after a maranate in rice wine, corn starch, and oil is to deep fry it just till the color changes and remove it till the other stuff is cooked and then return it to the wok.
It's super tender that way so deep frying pork should be good.

And ya I misunderstood what you said, "deep fried pork boiled in lard" I right away thought of chicharrones, pork skins.

[smilies]

Carnitas are lard fried pork meat

Chicarrones are fried pork skins/stomach/intestine linings with a little meat on them.

Asientos are the left over burnt bits mixed with the lard/oil. Very good in gorditas.

[hvacker]

I checked with her and this is carnitas lite.