Carnitas

The recipe

Instructions

1. 1
   Cube the pork. In a heavy pot, combine pork, orange juice and skin, lime juice, crushed garlic, cumin, oregano, halved onion and salt.
2. 2
   Add water to just cover. Bring to a simmer and cook uncovered on low for 2.5 hours until the liquid evaporates and the pork starts to fry in its own fat.
3. 3
   Crank the heat and let the pork crisp at the edges, stirring occasionally — about 15 minutes.
4. 4
   Shred the meat with two forks. Discard the orange peel and any obvious onion chunks.
5. 5
   Warm the tortillas. Pile in the carnitas, top with chopped onion, coriander and lime wedges.

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