Ingredients Pork Craveable Carnitas Recipes By Food & Wine Editors Updated on April 27, 2017 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Carnitas, a Mexican dish, are made by braising or simmering lard in oil until tender. Follow these recipes to make some delicious pressure cooker pork carnitas, flash-fried chicken carnitas, and more. 01 of 06 Sweetened Condensed Milk Carnitas Photo by Eva Kolenko / Food Styling by Carrie Purcell / Prop Styling by Jillian Knox A fragrant blend of dried herbs, spices, and garlic flavors this slow-cooked pork, which gets a touch of balancing sweetness and acidity from fresh orange juice. A surprising ingredient here, sweetened condensed milk, helps the pork caramelize during cooking. Source a well-marbled pork roast for this recipe; the extra fat doubles down on the rich pork flavor. Get the Recipe 02 of 06 Carnitas Sliders with Tomatillo-Avocado Sauce Photo by Eva Kolenko / Food Styling by Carrie Purcell / Prop Styling by Jillian Knox Perfect for entertaining, these grab-and-go sliders star tender carnitas topped with a creamy tomatillo-avocado sauce sandwiched between pillowy homemade rolls. Get the Recipe 03 of 06 Pork Carnitas with Garlic and Orange The trick to these luscious carnitas is to pull the meat into successively smaller pieces as it roasts, exposing more and more surface to the oven's heat for crisping. Get the Recipe 04 of 06 Flash-Fried Chicken Carnitas © Fredrika Stjärne Chef and weight-loss guru Rocco DiSpirito is not ashamed to admit that he uses the microwave for this dish. He zaps chicken thighs before frying them so they spend less time in oil. Get the Recipe 05 of 06 Oven-Fried Pork Carnitas with Guacamole and Orange Salsa © James Ransom Chef Richard Sandoval first tasted the moist, creamy, slightly sweet Spanish Requeson cheese used here during childhood trips to the market with his grandmother. In the U.S., Requeson is sold at Latin markets and some supermarkets. If you can't find it, substitute fresh whole-milk ricotta. Get the Recipe 06 of 06 Carnitas Jackfruit Tacos Photo by Caitlin Bensel / Food Styling by Chelsea Zimmer / Prop Styling by Lydia Pursell For her jackfruit tacos recipe, Jocelyn Ramirez, cookbook author and chef at Todo Verde in Los Angeles, uses cumin, chile flakes, and salt to capitalize on the pulled-pork texture of jackfruit, transforming it into a plant-based taco filling that tastes like carnitas. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit