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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. The Meat - Carnitas: | 2. Place all of the ingredients in "The Meat" section into a large pot. Add enough water to cover the meat. Cover with a lid and bring to a boil on high heat. Lower heat to a simmer and cook until meat is falling apart. | 3. Drain and discard any remaining garlic, cinnamon, peppercorns, and fat. Shred the pork and set aside. | 4. You can use the meat for tacos or anything else that takes shredded pork. This recipe makes a lot of food! | 5. The Tacos: | 6. Make as many as you like! The ingredients are sized for 2 tacos and not exact by any means, so multiply and mix up as necessary. | 7. Place warm carnitas meat into a warmed fresh corn tortilla and add toppings. | 8. The key here is a nice fresh warn corn tortilla, warm carnitas, and fresh cold toppings in the tomato, onion, pepper, cilantro, and sour cream. | 9. Enjoy! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
pork shoulder	1			575.7346	0.0	102.1816	15.4134
cola	1	can		0.0	4.0115	0.0	0.0
milk	1	can	sweetened condensed	827.5862	19.934	8.2399	85.7811
cinnamon	2			-	-	-	-
cumin seed	1	tablespoon		22.5	2.6544	1.0686	1.3362
kosher salt	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
peppercorn	1	tablespoon		75.57600000000001	0.469	0.1608	8.2276
garlic	1		cut	-	-	-	-
corn tortilla	2			-	-	-	-
pork	1/4	cup	shredded	-	-	-	-
tomato	1	tablespoon	diced	1.6762	0.3623	0.08199999999999999	0.0186
red onion	1	tablespoon	diced	-	-	-	-
cilantro	1	tablespoon	chopped	0.23	0.0367	0.0213	0.0052
serrano pepper	1	teaspoon	minced	0.7	0.1466	0.0381	0.0096
lime	1/4		wedged	-	-	-	-
cream	1	tablespoon	sour	23.76	0.5556	0.2928	2.322
cheese	1	tablespoon		29.7844	0.1974	1.8056	2.4249
salsa	2	tablespoons		10.44	2.3904	0.5472	0.0612

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.