Carnitas 3 Ways

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 lbs boneless lamb, picnic shoulder (for carnitas)
• 2 teaspoons black pepper
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon instant minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon dried onion flakes
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon onion salt
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon dried cilantro
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper
• chopped fresh cilantro
• chopped onion
• shredded lettuce (i like romaine)

Recipe

• 1 combine all seasoning in a bowl, mix well.
• 2 pleace meat in separate bowl and sprinkle seasoning and rub generously over meat - using all seasoning.
• 3 make foil packet by laying out 2 long sheets of heavy duty aluminium foil and make a cross.
• 4 place meat on foil. bring up sides of foil and fold making a packet.
• 5 refrigerate for 6 hours (i marinade overnight, this gives it time to meld).
• 6 slow cooked: after marinating, place in a crockpot, cook 4 hours - the meat becomes very tender. then transfer to a plate -- over med-high grill for 5 minutes to get a nice grill mark and crisp. shred and eat in tacos with beans and rice **** our favorite way to eat them*****.
• 7 or add 1 cup of water to the crockpot -- this makes the meat very tender and can be shredded for burritos or tacos. (my burrito filling recipe).
• 8 grilling:.
• 9 preheat grill- to 325 place meat foil packet on grill and cover on indirect heat. cook for 30 minutes then turn packet over and cook additional 30 minutes -- once more turn 30 minutes.
• 10 open foil packet carefully, with a fork remove from foil and place on the heat for 10 minutes and grill until grilled lines appear on outside.
• 11 serve in warm corn tortillas or with rice and beans. or by itself.
• 12 oven:.
• 13 preheat oven 325'.
• 14 arrange meat in 9x13x2 baking pan into single layers.
• 15 cover pan tightly with foil.
• 16 bake for 1 1/2 to 2 hours until very tender.
• 17 remove foil from pan and bake additional 15-20 minutes until meat is crisp on the outside.