Slow Cooker Carnitas
Pork Tenderloin gets cooked low and slow during the busy workday with a delicious sauce made right in the blender requiring no chopping. The carnitas sauce cooks with the meat to develop a delightful flavor, perfect for tender tacos when you get home.
Ingredients
Cooking Instructions
step 1
Place the Pork Tenderloin (1 pckg) on a cutting board. Pat the tenderloins dry with paper towels. Using a pairing knife, insert the knife under the silver skin on the tenderloin and slice along the meat to cut away any silver skin on the tenderloin. Each tenderloin will have a small spot of silver skin.
step 2
Once the silver skin is removed, cut the tenderloins into three pieces each for a total of six pieces of tenderloin.
step 3
In a blender combine 2 cups of Frozen Chopped Onions (1 bag), Garlic (1 tsp), Chili Powder (2 tsp), Dried Oregano (1 Tbsp), Ground Cumin (1 Tbsp), Kosher Salt (2 tsp), Ground Black Pepper (1 tsp), Apple Cider Vinegar (2 Tbsp), and Olive Oil (3/4 cup).
step 4
Empty any remaining frozen chopped onions into the bottom of the slow cooker. Top with the pork tenderloin pieces, then the sauce from the blender.
step 5
Place the lid on the slow cooker and set it to cook for 8 hours on low or 4 hours on high.
step 6
Once cooked, shred the pork tenderloins in the sauce and serve on Small Corn Tortillas (as needed) with your favorite toppings like Fresh Cilantro (to taste) and Onions (to taste).
