Carnitas

Greg makes delicious carnitas (our version of carnitas anyway) and was kind enough to make it again last month.

Ingredients:

• 4-6 lbs boneless pork butt, cut into one inch cubes
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 Tbs cumin
• 1 Tbs coriander
• 1 Tbs oregano
• 1 Tbs salt
• 5-6 chipotle in adobo, chopped (Or half a 7 oz can, depending on how hot you like it.)
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 quarts chicken broth

Directions:

1. Combine seasonings and place into a large stock pot.
2. Place onion, garlic, and pork into pot and cover with broth.
3. Simmer uncovered for 3 hours.
4. Once meat is tender and falls apart, transfer to a cookie sheet, put 2-3 Tbs of vegetable oil over the meat and cook in oven at 400 degrees for 10 minutes to make crispy.  (We skipped this step.  We didn't want to wait another 10 minutes!)

Beautiful, yummy pork

Spanish rice

The chef (He didn't really want his photo taken.)

Aaron didn't want his photo taken either.

Final product.  

I do believe I can eat this meal once a week if he would make it that often.  First time he made it, he put a whole can of chipotle in and it was a tad spicy, but still delicious.  This time around he only used half the can.