Electric Pressure Cooker Pork Carnitas Low Carb Food

PORK CARNITAS IN THE PRESSURE COOKER

Steps:

• Salt and pepper pork liberally. Mix the oregano and the cumin with olive oil and rub all over pork. Add orange juice and water to the cooking pot. Place the pork in the pressure cooking pot and top with the onions, garlic, and jalapenos. Select High Pressure and set the timer for 30 minutes. When beep sounds, turn off pressure cooker and let the pressure release naturally for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, release any remaining pressure. When valve drops carefully remove lid. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the meat to a strainer. In a large sauté pan, heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil over high heat. Working in batches, fry the pork over high heat, turning once, until crispy, 3 minutes. Remove to a serving bowl and ladle a little bit of the strained cooking liquid over the browned meat.

ELECTRIC PRESSURE COOKER PORK CARNITAS (LOW CARB)

Steps:

• Cut your roast into quarters and sprinkle with a generous amount of meat tenderizer, cumin salt and pepper, set aside for later
• Turn your Electric Pressure Cooker to the saute feature and heat oil over medium heat.
• Once your oil is hot, sautee your onion for a couple of minutes, until it is just starting to get translucent
• Put your garlic in your pot and cook for another minute
• Push all of your onion and garlic to the side of your skillet and brown your roast pieces on all sides in the pot
• Once browned, pour enchilada sauce on top and turn off saute feature
• Place pressure cooker lid on top and seal. Cook under high pressure for 40 minutes and naturally release for 15 minutes before quick releasing.
• Remove roast from pot and shred your roast with a couple of forks or stand mixer. Pour juices from the pot into a storage container.
• If using a Ninja Foodi, place air crisp basket in the pot and air crisp pork in batches at 400 degrees for 10 minutes to crisp edges.
• If using another electric pressure cooker, spread meat on a cookie sheet and broil for 1-2 minutes to crisp up some of the edges and serve in tacos, enchiladas, quesadillas, burritos or on nachos
• Store (and freeze) leftovers in juices.

CARNITAS - PRESSURE COOKER

Steps:

• Trim excess fat from pork butt; cut pork into 2-inch cubes and transfer to a bowl.
• Combine salt, oregano, cumin, black pepper, chile powder, and paprika together in a bowl. Rub pork cubes with spice mixture. Coat seasoned pork cubes lightly in olive oil; place in pressure cooker. Cover pork cubes with orange juice, onion, and garlic.
• Place lid on pressure cooker and lock; bring to full pressure over medium heat until pork is no longer pink in the center, about 60 minutes. Let pressure come down naturally, about 15 minutes.
• Remove pork from pressure cooker and shred meat.

INSTANT POT OR SLOW COOKER PORK CARNITAS

Steps:

• Slow cooker method:.
• Place pork in slow cooker. Pour in chicken broth, orange juice, and lime juice.
• Sprinkle in salt, pepper, cumin, oregano, coriander, chili powder, cayenne pepper, onions, and garlic.
• Cover and cook on low heat for 8 hours.
• Leave liquid in slow cooker, remove pork and shred with 2 forks.
• Spray a rimmed 18x13 inch baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray (I use butter wrappers instead from my butter cubes).
• Place pork on baking sheet, pour over 1 cup reserved broth (try and strain out onions when lading broth), drizzle with oil and toss and spread into an even layer.
• Position oven rack near broiler and preheat broiler to high.
• Broil until pork is browned and crispy in places about 3 to 6 minutes.
• Serve warm with tortillas and desired toppings.
• Instant Pot method:.
• Cut pork into 4 chunks and place pork in Instant Pot, pour over chicken broth, orange juice, and lime juice.
• Sprinkle in salt, pepper, cumin, oregano, coriander, chili powder, cayenne pepper, onions, and garlic.
• Cover and seal lid (make sure valve is set to sealing position), press manual or high pressure, and select 60 minutes.
• Once cooking is done, let pressure come down naturally for 10 minutes then use quick release method to release any remaining cooking pressure.
• Once steaming has stopped, remove pork from pressure cooker while leaving broth in pressure cooker.
• Shred pork and proceed with broiling method above.
• Instant Pot method will take approximately 80 minutes plus 10 minutes prep.