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Preparation info
  • Yield:

    6

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      1 hr 15

Appears in
The Mexican Home Kitchen: Traditional Home-Style Recipes That Capture the Flavors and Memories of Mexico

By Mely Martínez

Published 2020

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Some of the most succulent tacos you will ever eat are made with carnitas. This taco is a warm corn tortilla, filled with a mixture of tender and crispy morsels of pork, shining with pork fat drippings and topped with the obligatory chopped onion and fresh cilantro. Carnitas are made with various cuts of pork that are traditionally slow-cooked in copper cauldrons over an open fire. At dedicated carnitas shops, most parts of the pig will be used; some will be cooked until tender, juic

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