I get so excited for taco Tuesday around or house, each week I can’t wait for that day to arrive. I had been making ordinary ground beef Tex Mex style tacos, and I do love them, but when I found this awesome Instant Pot pulled pork carnitas video recipe tutorial by Views On The Road, on YouTube, I decided to shake taco Tuesday up a little bit. I am always on the lookout for a new recipe to cook in my beloved Instant Pot, so this recipe takes care of both of those needs.
Ingredients For The Instant Pot Pulled Pork Carnitas Recipe:
- Corn tortillas
- 2 to 3 pounds of pork shoulder or butt
- 2 tablespoons of lard or shortening
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 2 cloves of garlic (or 1 teaspoon of garlic salt)
- 1/4 cup of whole milk
- 1/4 cup of water
- Juice of 1 orange
- 1 small bay leaf
Directions:
In this awesome pork carnitas recipe you can make in your Instant Pot. Juicy pulled pulled-pork carnitas are easy to make when you watch this video recipe tutorial by Views On The Road, on YouTube. You will learn how to make these easy pork carnitas for an easy dinner idea. You will begin by searing your seasoned pork chunks. Then you will add the milk, freshly squeezed orange juice, and other seasonings then set the Instant Pot on Pressure cook for 32 minutes.
Then, you will pull the pork apart using a couple of forks and add all the ingredients to your hot griddled tortillas.
Instant Pot Pulled Pork Carnitas Recipe
If you love Mexican food recipes, these homemade carnitas will be a new favorite.