Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas
Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, slow cooker chicken carnitas. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. 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? Just toss all of your ingredients in a slow cooker.

Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is something that I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have 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. Make ready 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  2. Prepare 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
  3. Take 1/3 cup apple juice
  4. Prepare to taste Cumin
  5. Make ready to taste Garlic powder
  6. Get to taste Salt
  7. Get to taste Pepper
  8. Prepare 3 bay leaves
  9. Take 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)
  10. Make ready 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  11. Get 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
  12. Take 1/3 cup apple juice
  13. Prepare to taste Cumin
  14. Get to taste Garlic powder
  15. Make ready to taste Salt
  16. Take to taste Pepper
  17. Prepare 3 bay leaves
  18. Prepare 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)
  19. Get 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  20. Make ready 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
  21. Take 1/3 cup apple juice
  22. Get to taste Cumin
  23. Get to taste Garlic powder
  24. Make ready to taste Salt
  25. Take to taste Pepper
  26. Prepare 3 bay leaves
  27. Prepare 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)

It is fair to say that we eat tacos at least once a week in our house, sometimes twice, and sometimes an embarrassing amount of times when there. These Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas are guaranteed to be your family's next go-to meal for future taco nights. 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.

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!

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. These Chicken Carnitas are the perfect easy dinner for any night of the week and can be made in the slow cooker or Instant Pot! Seasoned with cumin, garlic, chili powder, lime juice, and other seasonings, this chicken carnitas recipe can be made in the slow cooker or the Instant Pot! A lighter version of carnitas using chicken that is cooked in the slow cooker before being broiled until slightly crispy on the edges and moist and tender in Carnitas, a Mexican dish where the shredded pork is cooked until slightly crispy on the edges, has to be one of my favourite Mexican meat dishes!

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