Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas
Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas

Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, slow cooker chicken carnitas. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

And a few weeks ago, I decided to make them my new thing. Chicken can be made into some seriously good carnitas! The other good news about this recipe?

Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook slow cooker chicken carnitas using 27 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas:
  1. Prepare 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  2. Take 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
  3. Prepare 1/3 cup apple juice
  4. Take to taste Cumin
  5. Get to taste Garlic powder
  6. Take to taste Salt
  7. Get to taste Pepper
  8. Get 3 bay leaves
  9. Get 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)
  10. Prepare 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  11. Get 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
  12. Prepare 1/3 cup apple juice
  13. Get to taste Cumin
  14. Make ready to taste Garlic powder
  15. Make ready to taste Salt
  16. Take to taste Pepper
  17. Take 3 bay leaves
  18. Make ready 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)
  19. Get 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  20. Get 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
  21. Get 1/3 cup apple juice
  22. Prepare to taste Cumin
  23. Make ready to taste Garlic powder
  24. Get to taste Salt
  25. Make ready to taste Pepper
  26. Take 3 bay leaves
  27. Get 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)

Each bite will leave you craving The key to adding a satisfying crunch to slow cooker chicken carnitas is using the broiler for the final step. Set an oven rack to just below the broiler. Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas recipe video! Is that a pressure cooker in the video??

Instructions to make Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas:
  1. Pour apple juice into slow cooker and place chicken breasts.
  2. Season chicken with cumin, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Place sliced oranges on top. Squeeze remaining orange over chicken.
  3. Cover and cook on high for 3 hours. After 3 hours, remove chicken and remove bay leaves and orange slices. Shred and return to cooker mixing with juices. Cook on high another hour.
  4. Set broiler to high. Place chicken on baking sheet and drizzle with 2 tbsp olive oil. Broil for 5 minutes.
  5. Remove and drizzle with remaining 2 tbsp olive oil and broil another 5 minutes.
  6. Remove and serve on flour or corn tortillas with your favorite fixings. Enjoy!
  7. Season chicken with cumin, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Place sliced oranges on top. Squeeze remaining orange over chicken.
  8. Cover and cook on high for 3 hours. After 3 hours, remove chicken and shred and return to cooker mixing with juices. Cook on high another hour.
  9. Set broiler to high. Place chicken on baking sheet and drizzle with 2 tbsp olive oil. Broil for 5 minutes.
  10. Remove and drizzle with remaining 2 tbsp olive oil and broil another 5 minutes.
  11. Remove and serve on flour or corn tortillas with your favorite fixings. Enjoy!
  12. Season chicken with cumin, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Place sliced oranges on top. Squeeze remaining orange over chicken.
  13. Cover and cook on high for 3 hours. After 3 hours, remove chicken and shred and return to cooker mixing with juices. Cook on high another hour.
  14. Set broiler to high. Place chicken on baking sheet and drizzle with 2 tbsp olive oil. Broil for 5 minutes.
  15. Remove and drizzle with remaining 2 tbsp olive oil and broil another 5 minutes.
  16. Remove and serve on flour or corn tortillas with your favorite fixings. Enjoy!

My slow cooker (Breville Fast-Slow Cooker) is like an Instant Pot. It's multi-functional, a pressure cooker and slow cooker in one. Hence why it looks like a pressure cooker with the twisting top. It's no secret that my love for Mexican and slow cookers runs deep. Combine the two and well, you can The literal translation of carnitas is "little meats" (does anyone else find the single dish with a plural name thing confusing, too?), a Mexican dish traditionally made.

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