For which cut of pork you use, you have some options. Most commonly, carnitas are made from the shoulder cut of pork known as either pork Boston butt, shoulder, or picnic cut. The names range from ...

Carnitas means "little meats" in Spanish. Traditionally, it's pork shoulder that's slowly simmered with ingredients like orange juice and oregano until it's tender enough to shred. The shredded ...

Read more: 13 Meats People Used To Eat, But Are Now Illegal In The US Translating to "little meats" from Spanish, carnitas call for slow-cooking large cuts such as ham, pork shoulder, or pork butt.

Juan Hormiga, the executive chef of Chicheria Mexican Kitchen in Atlanta, provided the recipe for these pork carnitas.

Pork shoulder becomes supertender when it's cooked slowly over low heat, which makes it a natural choice to braise, grill or cook inside a smoker or slow cooker. According to barbecue master Adam ...

My visit to West Valley Carnitas wasn't necessarily planned–the restaurant that was originally on my list was unexpectedly ...