Famous Old Town Carnitas with Naga Serpent Salsa

Name: Famous Old Town Carnitas with Naga Serpent Salsa
Prep time: 2 h 15 min
Cook time: 2 h 15 min
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 3 bay leaves; 237 milliliters naga chiles; 4 cloves garlic; 5 cloves garlic, roughly chopped; 1 medium onion, roughly chopped; 1 medium orange; 2 kilograms pork cushion meat (from the picnic end); 4 teaspoons salt; 8 servings Salt; 237 milliliters serrano chiles; 237 milliliters fresh tomatillos; 8 servings Tortillas, for serving; 2 kilograms lard

Famous Old Town Carnitas with Naga Serpent Salsa might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. This recipe makes 8 servings with 871 calories, 52g of protein, and 62g of fat each. This recipe covers 34% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have garlic, tomatillos, orange, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert. It is a rather inexpensive recipe for fans of Mexican food. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet.

Instructions

Place the lard in a medium pot over medium heat. Once all of the lard is melted, add the pork cushion meat, salt, garlic and bay leaves.

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Cut the orange, squeeze it and add to the pot. Cook until the pork shreds easily, about 2 hours.

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Serve with the Naga Serpent Salsa in tortillas, and enjoy with a cold Mexican beer.

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Roughly chop the chiles and tomatillos and add to a saucepan over low heat. Cook for about 10 minutes.

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Add the garlic and onion and cook for an additional 10 minutes.

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Onion

Place all the ingredients into a blender and blend for 2 minutes. Season with salt.

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Servings:

bay leaves 237milliliters

naga chiles 4cloves

garlic 5cloves

garlic, roughly chopped 1medium

onion, roughly chopped 1medium

orange 2kilograms

pork cushion meat (from the picnic end)4teaspoons

salt 8servings

Salt 237milliliters

serrano chiles 237milliliters

fresh tomatillos 8servings

Tortillas, for serving 2kilograms

lard

Recommended wine: Pinot Noir, Riesling, Sparkling Rose

Mexican can be paired with Pinot Noir, Riesling, and Sparkling rosé. Acidic white wines like riesling or low-tannin reds like pinot noir can work well with Mexican dishes. Sparkling rosé is a safe pairing too. The Dragonette Cellars Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir with a 4.8 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 45 dollars per bottle.