My carnitas (recipe)
| My carnitas (recipe) | |
|---|---|
| Name | My carnitas |
| Ingredients | Onion • Garlic clove • Salt • Mexican oregano • Ground cumin • Seasoning salt • Garlic powder |
| Cooktime (in hours) | 3 |
| Preptime (in hours) | 0.25 |
| Totaltime (in hours) | 3.25 |
| Keto friendliness | Keto friendly |
| Calories | 511.2 |
| Fat | 35.6 |
| Protein | 42.7 |
| Carbohydrate | 1.8 |
| Fiber | 0.3 |
| Net carbohydrates | 1.5 |
| Sugar | 0.6 |
| Saturated fat | 12.3 |
| Cholesterol (mg) | 149.7 |
| Sodium | 720.5 |
| Reviewaggregate | |
Editor-In-Chief: Prab R Tumpati, MD
Obesity, Sleep & Internal medicine
Founder, WikiMD Wellnesspedia &
W8MD medical weight loss NYC and sleep center NYC
My carnitas (recipe) is a keto friendly food item with net carbohydrates of about 1-2 per serving.
My carnitas (recipe) image(external)
Recipe instructions
- Place meat in 3 qrt sauce pan, add water until meat is just covered.
- Smack garlic with a knife to release flavor add to pot along with onion, salt, oregano and cumin.
- Bring to boil, skim skum, reduce heat, cover simmer 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Drain meat, place in baking dish, sprinkle evenly with season salt and garlic powder.
- You have a few options here.
- You can either bakeit whole, break into chunks (Dh prefers this) or shred thickly (I prefer) I usually do some chunks and shreds.
- Bake30-45 minute You do not want it to get to crispy if you shredded it first. Watch carefully as you do not want it to dry out.
- While still warm shred with 2 forks if left whole.
- Serve with warm tortillas and pico de gallo.
Food tags
Meat, Mexican, Very Low Carbs, High Protein, Oven,
My carnitas (recipe) details
Time:
Prep Time in Hours and Mins:3H15M
"
Search WikiMD
Ad.Tired of being Overweight? Try W8MD's physician weight loss program.
Semaglutide (Ozempic / Wegovy and Tirzepatide (Mounjaro / Zepbound) available.
Advertise on WikiMD
|
WikiMD's Wellness Encyclopedia |
| Let Food Be Thy Medicine Medicine Thy Food - Hippocrates |
Translate this page: - East Asian
中文,
日本,
한국어,
South Asian
हिन्दी,
தமிழ்,
తెలుగు,
Urdu,
ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian
Indonesian,
Vietnamese,
Thai,
မြန်မာဘာသာ,
বাংলা
European
español,
Deutsch,
français,
Greek,
português do Brasil,
polski,
română,
русский,
Nederlands,
norsk,
svenska,
suomi,
Italian
Middle Eastern & African
عربى,
Turkish,
Persian,
Hebrew,
Afrikaans,
isiZulu,
Kiswahili,
Other
Bulgarian,
Hungarian,
Czech,
Swedish,
മലയാളം,
मराठी,
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ,
ગુજરાતી,
Portuguese,
Ukrainian
WikiMD is not a substitute for professional medical advice. See full disclaimer.
Credits:Most images are courtesy of Wikimedia commons, and templates Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY SA or similar.
Contributors: Prab R. Tumpati, MD
