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Carnitas Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 4-5 pound lean boneless pork loin roast, with excess fat removed
1 cup salsa verde
1 large onion, minced
4 gloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp. seasoned salt
2 tsp. pepper
Directions:
Directions:
Place roast in a 9 x 14 pan. Rub garlic into the roast . Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cover with salsa verde and onions. Loosely cover the pan with aluminum foil.
Bake at 300º for 4 1/2 hours or until pork is tender
Remove roast from oven. Cool until you can touch the meat comfortably. Remove from pan and place on cutting board. Skim fat off pan juices. Using two forks shred the pork.
Remove fat from meat. When all meat is shredded, return it to the pan and mix the pan juices thoroughly into the pork.
Return to oven. Cook, uncovered for 30 minutes or until pork is crispy on top. Remove from oven. Turn pork. Return to oven and cook another 20 minutes, until pork is crispy on top and there is almost no liquid left in the pan.
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
240

 

 

 

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