Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas
Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, slow cooker chicken carnitas. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look 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 popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have slow cooker chicken carnitas using 27 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas:
  1. Get 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. Take to taste Garlic powder
  6. Get to taste Salt
  7. Prepare to taste Pepper
  8. Get 3 bay leaves
  9. Make ready 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)
  10. Get 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  11. Get 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
  12. Get 1/3 cup apple juice
  13. Get to taste Cumin
  14. Get to taste Garlic powder
  15. Make ready to taste Salt
  16. Get to taste Pepper
  17. Prepare 3 bay leaves
  18. Prepare 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)
  19. Make ready 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  20. Prepare 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
  21. Take 1/3 cup apple juice
  22. Prepare to taste Cumin
  23. Take to taste Garlic powder
  24. Take to taste Salt
  25. Make ready to taste Pepper
  26. Make ready 3 bay leaves
  27. Get 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)

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! Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is a fresh and delicious take on the classic carnitas made with pork. Slow cooked in lime and orange juice, adobo sauce with chipotle peppers, onions, and spices. Then broiled to aid in drop dead delicious and slightly crispy bits.

Steps 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!

Slow cooked in lime and orange juice, adobo sauce with chipotle peppers, onions, and spices. Then broiled to aid in drop dead delicious and slightly crispy bits. 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.

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