Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, slow cooker chicken carnitas. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
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?
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook slow cooker chicken carnitas using 27 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas:
- Take 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- Make ready 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
- Take 1/3 cup apple juice
- Get to taste Cumin
- Take to taste Garlic powder
- Get to taste Salt
- Get to taste Pepper
- Take 3 bay leaves
- Get 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)
- Get 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- Get 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
- Get 1/3 cup apple juice
- Make ready to taste Cumin
- Get to taste Garlic powder
- Get to taste Salt
- Take to taste Pepper
- Prepare 3 bay leaves
- Get 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)
- Make ready 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- Prepare 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
- Prepare 1/3 cup apple juice
- Take to taste Cumin
- Get to taste Garlic powder
- Prepare to taste Salt
- Get to taste Pepper
- Get 3 bay leaves
- Take 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)
Serve it up with a spoonful of sour cream. 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.
Steps to make Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas:
- Pour apple juice into slow cooker and place chicken breasts.
- Season chicken with cumin, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Place sliced oranges on top. Squeeze remaining orange over chicken.
- 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.
- Set broiler to high. Place chicken on baking sheet and drizzle with 2 tbsp olive oil. Broil for 5 minutes.
- Remove and drizzle with remaining 2 tbsp olive oil and broil another 5 minutes.
- Remove and serve on flour or corn tortillas with your favorite fixings. Enjoy!
- Season chicken with cumin, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Place sliced oranges on top. Squeeze remaining orange over chicken.
- 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.
- Set broiler to high. Place chicken on baking sheet and drizzle with 2 tbsp olive oil. Broil for 5 minutes.
- Remove and drizzle with remaining 2 tbsp olive oil and broil another 5 minutes.
- Remove and serve on flour or corn tortillas with your favorite fixings. Enjoy!
- Season chicken with cumin, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Place sliced oranges on top. Squeeze remaining orange over chicken.
- 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.
- Set broiler to high. Place chicken on baking sheet and drizzle with 2 tbsp olive oil. Broil for 5 minutes.
- Remove and drizzle with remaining 2 tbsp olive oil and broil another 5 minutes.
- Remove and serve on flour or corn tortillas with your favorite fixings. Enjoy!
It's no secret that my love for Mexican and slow cookers runs deep. Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas with cumin, paprika, oregano, chili powder, and lime juice have all the flavor of your favorite pork carnitas without the guilt. 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. This Slow Cooker Chipotle Chicken Carnitas recipe is a lightened up version of Chipotle Mexican Grill's pork carnitas. Great in salads, burrito bowls, and tacos, it's a versatile recipe that freezes well too.
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