Pork Carnitas the easy way
tender shredded pork to make healthier un "fried" carnitas, just crisp them in a pan, no need to boil in lard, the pressure cooker makes the meat nice and tender without being greasy
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 4-5 lbs pork ribs
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tablespoon oil
options
- add onion 3 garlic cloves, chili powder, or another favorite seasoning
Instructions
- Place 4-5 lbs pork ribs in a pressure cooker
- (cutting the meat into smaller pieces ensures the meat will all be cooked evenly tender, rather than putting large pieces of meat in all at once.
- Add one cup of water
- salt the top of the meat
- Heat meat in the pressure cooker, when it comes to temperature (when the toggle on top rocks in a steady rhythm) turn on medium heat and cook 50 minutes.
- If using an electric pressure cooker, simply set it to 1 hour.
- Release the pressure.
- Remove from the pressure cooker, shred pork with 2 forks.
- Heat oil in a skillet ( I used my cast-iron skillet, but any skillet would work) and cook until crispy.
- Now, it's ready to serve.