Pork Recipes Easy – Chicharron or Carnitas

This pork is cooked very slowly and once it is tender it fries in its own grease. The final result is a crispy chunk of meat which is moist inside. Although this is a Bolivian recipe it can easily pass as carnitas as well. Here is what you need for this:

5 pounds pork shoulder, cut into large cubes
8 large garlic cloves, minced
2 – 3 tablespoons ground cumin
Salt & Pepper
1 bottle beer (not dark ale)

 Generously salt the pork.
 Add the garlic and cumin and mix pork, making sure it
is all seasoned well.
 Season with pepper.
 Place pork in a braising pan and add the beer.
 Bring to a boil, cover and reduce heat.
 Braise for 2 hours. Uncover and cook for an extra 30
minutes, until all the liquid is gone.
 Continue cooking pork so that it crisps in it’s own fat.
 Make sure to stir it often so as to prevent it from
sticking to the bottom of the pan.
 Serve crisped pork with warm hominy or tortillas, rice
and beans.
 Enjoy!

Print the Chicharron Recipe Here

Other Pulled Pork Recipes:
Cola Braised Pulled Pork
Citrus Braised Pulled BBQ Pork
Chipotle Crock-Pot Pulled Pork
Crock-Pot Pulled Pork
Pulled BBQ Pork Shoulder
Beer Braised Pork Butt
Carnitas