Beer-Braised Carnitas

Name: Beer-Braised Carnitas
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 garlic cloves, lightly crushed; 2 dried New Mexico or guajillo chiles; 4 teaspoons kosher salt; 340 grams lager (such as Modelo Especial or Budweiser); 2 kilograms skinless, boneless pork shoulder (Boston butt), cut into 2 pieces

Beer-Braised Carnitas might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains roughly 37g of protein, 13g of fat, and a total of 304 calories. This recipe serves 6. 1 person found this recipe to be scrumptious and satisfying. Head to the store and pick up lager, guajillo chiles, pork shoulder, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the kosher salt you could follow this main course with the Low Fat Crumbs Cake (Kosher-Dairy) as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet.

Instructions

Toast chiles in a dry large heavy pot overmedium heat until slightly puffed and lightlydarkened on both sides, about 2 minutes.

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Remove from pot; let cool. Stem chiles andhalve lengthwise; discard seeds.

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Bring chiles, pork, beer, garlic, salt,and 1 cup water to a boil in same pot.Reduce heat, cover, and simmer, stirringoccasionally, until pork is fork-tender,60-80 minutes.

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Uncover pork; simmer until liquidevaporates and pork begins to brown,20-25 minutes. Continue to cook, stirringfrequently and scraping bottom of pot,until pork is shredded and browned,10-15 minutes.

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Add 1 cup water to pork; cook, scrapingup browned bits from bottom of pot, forabout 1 minute. DO AHEAD: Carnitas can bemade 3 days ahead.

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