Best tacos

Order delivery or curbside carryout from our Wicker Park location. The slow cooker Mexican pork best tacos unbelievably tender and flavorful.

And because the meat is so tasty, these carnitas tacos need very little else to complete the meal. But the options for topping your pork tacos are almost unlimited. And I’ve got a few ideas to share with you. Why you want to make carnitas tacos tonight With a stack of these babies in front of you, you’ll smile the whole way through dinner. Once you pull the pork out of your slow cooker, shred it with 2 forks, crisp the meat under the broiler, then toss it in the reduced cooking liquid. Now put the pulled pork on a tortilla and dig in!

You can celebrate every Taco Tuesday like it’s Cinco de Mayo. The carnitas recipe is a healthy one made without any sugar or unhealthy ingredients. Use corn tortillas for gluten-free carnitas tacos and paleo tortillas for paleo carnitas tacos. If you’re doing a Whole30 or like to eat low-carb, use lettuce wraps and you’re good to go. This is what I normally opt to do. This carnitas tacos recipe is THE BEST. I’ve tried many different carnitas recipes as well as recipe tested this one so many times I can’t count.

This one is my absolute favorite. Rub some spices on your pork roast and put it in your crockpot with some orange juice, lime juice, garlic, and bay leaves. Set the timer for as long as you have. 4 hours minimum on high or up to 10 hours on low. Now go and drink some margaritas. When you come back to the kitchen, take the pork out of the pot and shred it with 2 forks.

Now pop it under the broiler in your oven to make it nice and crispy. Quickly boil the cooking liquid until it starts to get thick. Now pour this over the crispy carnitas. Just try not to eat the whole batch before you make tacos. Now all you have to do is assemble your tacos. Put some guac on a warmed tortilla, pile it high with carnitas, then sprinkle a little red onion over the top. And if you’re like me, you’ll find some room for sour cream, too.

To make gluten-free carnitas tacos: All you have to do is make sure that you use gluten-free tortillas. Corn tortillas are the best option. Just make sure to check the labels for sneaky gluten. To make paleo carnitas tacos: You’ll either have to make your own paleo tortillas or turn these carnitas tacos into carnitas lettuce wraps. These mushroom breakfast tacos are made with egg and flaxseed tortillas that would be delicious stuffed with carnitas. We like to call these Mexican Pork Carnitas “the best damn carnitas you’ll ever eat in your whole life. The meat is flavorful and super tender with lots of magical crispy bits.

If you love this recipe as much as we do, let us know with a 5-star rating! In a medium-sized bowl, mash the avocados with the lime juice, garlic, and salt. Its good to cook carnitas with a whole orange or tangerine, and thinly sliced onion. It all gets cooked down before the carnitas are ready. Oh and cant forget the coca cola in the braising liquid.