Oven Carnitas
Pork shoulder braised with orange and cumin, then crisped under the broiler for taco night.
- Serves
- 4
- Total time
- 195 min
- Cost per serving (United States)
- $10.22
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 lb pork shoulder (boston butt)
- 1 yellow onions
- 6 clove garlic
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1 tbsp ground cumin
- 2 tsp dried oregano
- 2 bay leaves
- 3 tsp kosher salt
- 2 lime
- 12 corn tortillas
- 1 red onion(optional)
Method
Heat the oven to 300F. Cut the pork into fist-size chunks and season with the salt, cumin and oregano.
Put it in a Dutch oven with the quartered onion, garlic, bay leaves and orange juice.
Cover and braise 3 hours, until the pork pulls apart easily.
Shred the meat and spread it on a sheet pan with a few spoonfuls of the cooking liquid.
Broil 5 to 7 minutes, until the edges are brown and crisp.
Serve in warm corn tortillas with lime and diced red onion.
What this costs, country by country
Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.
| Country | Whole recipe | Per serving | Priced from |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | £36.71 | £9.18 | 10 of 10 ingredients |
| Australia | $71.69 | $17.92 | 10 of 10 ingredients |
| United States | $40.89 | $10.22 | 9 of 10 ingredients |
| Greece | 36,26 € | 9,07 € | 9 of 10 ingredients |
| Canada | $140.25 | $35.06 | 9 of 10 ingredients |
| Austria | € 41,12 | € 10,28 | 9 of 10 ingredients |
| New Zealand | $60.15 | $15.04 | 8 of 10 ingredients |
| Egypt | ٣٦٧٫٩٦ ج.م. | ٩١٫٩٩ ج.م. | 8 of 10 ingredients |
| Germany | 34,37 € | 8,59 € | 8 of 10 ingredients |
| Spain | 18,06 € | 4,52 € | 7 of 10 ingredients |
| Mexico | $174.58* | $43.65 | 5 of 10 ingredients |
* We have read fewer than seven in ten of these ingredients in that country, so the total is a partial figure and the real one is higher.
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