Pork Shoulder Carnitas
Pork Shoulder Carnitas - made with amazing smoked pork shoulder, these carnitas are easy to throw together and so delicious!
Ingredients
- 1 batch Smoked Pork Shoulder or ideally whatever leftovers you have
- 1 can of corn or 3-4 corn cobs grilled and kernels cut off*
- 2 avocados
- 1/2 cup fresh cilantro chopped
- 5-10 authentic tortillas of choice
- 2 limes sliced into small wedges
- barbecue sauce of choice
- Optional homemade creamy coleslaw or spicy purple coleslaw
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
- Shred pork shoulder (after cook time and rest time) and place on aluminum foil-lined baking sheet. Try to spread it out into a single layer.
- Bake for 5-10 minutes cook time or until pork starts to crisp up.
- Remove from oven and serve in tortillas with corn, avocado, cilantro, bbq sauce and a squeeze of lime juice.
- Enjoy!
Notes
- Corn: you can also grill some corn on the cob and cut off the kernels if you don't want to use canned corn.
- Leftovers: this recipe is geared more towards using a batch of Smoked Pork Shoulder leftovers as a way to get another meal out of that amazing recipe!
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