So I cooked 12 lbs of carnitas for friends yesterday. I did it 2 different ways:

Batch #1:
Boiled in
1/2 Water
1/2 Orange Juice
about half a cup of a seasoning I whipped together, very similiar to taco seasoning
1 full chopped onion
2 cloves of garlic





#2
1/2 Water
1/2 Pepsi
a bbq seasoning I made a few years back




Bring the water to a slight boil and keep it there for 2.5-3 hours. Pull it out when the meat basically falls apart



Mix it around so it's no longer big chunks like I did up above. I then sprinkled a little Seasoned Salt on top of them.


I had the oven preheated to 425. I put it in there for 45 minutes and pulled it out every 10 to mix the meat around to make sure it all gets crisp (don't leave it in to long to prevent it from drying out)

This is your final product




for good toppings follow my Fish Tach Recipe

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ght=fish+tacos

 

can you use pink taco sauce??




actually....which one was better? pepsi+BBQ or orange+taco?

 

looks good... hope it tastes as good as it looks.

 

I say you make carnitas for our next Acurazine Meet in SoCal... Looks good man...

 

orange and taco


gonna try it Carribean Jerk style next

 

Dammnit now I am starving

 

I've never seen that before. How would you eat/serve it?

 

you can cook w/ pepsi?? :scratchhead:

 

make tacos, burritos, or serve it plain w/ rice and beans.

 

what cut of pork is it?

 

shoulder

 

Hmmm I need to visit the west coast seems like most people I know who live/visit often know how to make spanish food of some sort.

 

Not spanish...mexican.

A WORLD of difference (for instance, mexican food = , while spanish food= )

 

NOT true... Spanish food is excellent when prepared properly. Especially their desserts. I only know of one good Spanish restaurant around here, but there are TONS of crappy Mexican restaurants. It's the same back home in PR, so I'm sure that influences my opinion.
Then again, it's not like I'm in Cali or Texas

 

Yeah...never had carnitas or fish tacos before. Not enough Messicans here yet(suprising though).

It sounds basically like a variation of pulled-pork...just boiled instead of slow-roasted. Like Mexican BBQ

 

Is it Taberna Del Alabardero or Mar de Plata ?

 

Good spanish food reminds me of Sicilian food...lots of seafood, fish, tomatoes & garlic. The great thing about Spanish food is that they basically invented the appetizer as we know it...it's called tappas.

 

Nice... looks tasty

 

That looks really good.

 

Quaint little place between AdMo and Dupont called Churreria Madrid. Looks like a cheap place, but the food is great, the wines are good, prices aren't bad, and the service is horrid.
Then again I've not been to the two you mention so yours may be better. I know Taberna del Alabardero is probably a little too fancy for my tastes/wallet.

 

Can I come live with you again?

 

i'm just preparing for you to come back






you can still do dishes right?

 

 

How many people does that serve?

 

there were about 9 stoned and drunk guys

 

So like 20 people?

 

Looks good homeskillet.

 

That recipe sounds nasty :sarcasm:



No but seriously it tastes good to braise the pork in pepsi? Ive heard of using a can of tecate but pepsi?


taking a cheap cut of meat and makin it tender as a tenderloin mmMMMM

 

I cook food w/ beer all the time (the batch I made earlier this week actually had some in it), frankly this is the first time i've used pepsi, came out good

 

I've used Coke syrup on pork/ham several times. I use it with ground ginger snaps and honey mustard on my Christmas Hams.

 

Next time try this on your ham--I swear it is one of the best things ever. I used Coke until I found this.

1/2 cup of OJ--no pulp
2tb of butter (melted)
2tb of A1

Baste the ham every hour. You have to cover it at approx 2-3 hours or it will burn. I bake it at 325 for 4-5 hours.


CL--The carnitas look great. I will try them this week for sure.

 

For some reason...I have never liked the taste of cooked OJ. I love Tropicana and drink it regularly...but cooked...I can't get it past my lips. Even the pasteurized OJ makes me hurl. I never understood why lemons can cook so well and oranges could not.

 

CLpower your fish taco recipe is the shit of all recipes, ive used it so many times at my house and once at my parents and they cant get enough of it


ill have to try this out, carnitas is possibly my fav meat of all besides prime rib

 

cooking brats with beer is the best of all

cook your brats first in beer over the stove, i like to use killians irish red beer, cook them all the way then grill them on the bbq


that is the shit too :P

 

So what cut of meat should I buy for this? I'm going to try it. =).

Any hopes of getting a Carne Asada recipe up anytime soon?

 

:Ib4tehmovetotehGoodEatsForum:

 

pork shoulder, i'll work on a CA recipe

 

 

cali mexican food= authentic mexican food

 

atleast baja style, eastern mexico has a whole different style