Arizona Carnitas With Green Chiles Recipe
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Arizona Carnitas With Green Chiles

By: National Pork Board  
"Spice up meal times with this traditional and popular Southwestern dish. Shoulder meat is best cooked for longer period of time to make tender. Set the table so that everyone can create their own tortilla-filled meal."

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Original Recipe Yield 8 servings
 

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 pounds boneless pork shoulder, cut into bite-size pieces*
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 large yellow onion, cut into thin slivers
  • 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chiles, undrained
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/2 cup chicken broth
  • Flour tortillas OR corn tortillas
  • Shredded Cheddar cheese
  • Chopped tomato
  • Sour cream

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in ovenproof heavy large covered pot over high heat. Add half of the pork cubes; sprinkle with half of the salt and half of the black pepper. Cook pork until starting to brown, stirring often. Remove pork. Repeat with remaining pork cubes, salt and black pepper, adding more oil if necessary. Drain drippings from pot.
  3. Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in the same pot over medium heat. Cook onion in hot oil until tender. Stir in undrained chiles and garlic; cook for 2 minutes. Return pork to pot. Add chicken broth.
  4. Cover and bake for 1 hour. Serve pork in tortillas topped with Cheddar cheese, tomato and sour cream if desired.

Footnotes

  • * This recipe is perfect for pork shoulder, but any economical cut will work well.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 488 | Total Fat: 29.6g | Cholesterol: 77mg

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 25, 2006 by KROL 
This recipe is just what it appears to be, a very good basis for several dishes. It isn't... MORE
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Reviewed on Aug. 24, 2005 by JOHNZORNES 
The canned green chillis didn't work for me. The flavor lacked that fresh character and the... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 4, 2009 by lisa-lu 
did in crockpot for nine hours on low. Instead of adding green chilies, I added a can of... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 16, 2009 by SimpleChef 
Delicious recipe! Other reviewers nailed it when they said move it to a skillet add more chili... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Sep. 24, 2009 by momof3 
Love this recipe. I make it all the time. An all time favorite...wouldn't change a thing. MORE
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Reviewed on Sep. 17, 2009 by pomplemousse 
Pretty good. Bf and I both liked it; bf ate seconds. I used already shredded and cooked pork... MORE

 
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