Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas
Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, slow cooker chicken carnitas. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s 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 nice and they look wonderful.

Place onion mixture in a slow cooker. Add chicken broth, juice and zest from the limes and orange, and garlic cloves. These Slow Cooker Crispy Chicken Carnitas are made easy by simmering for hours in the slow cooker, then they are briefly crisped up in the broiler, resulting in tender, crispy, juicy, and absolutely DELICIOUS carnitas. Serve them in your favorite tacos, burritos, salads, or whatever sounds good!

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to 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. Prepare 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  2. Take 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
  3. Make ready 1/3 cup apple juice
  4. Get to taste Cumin
  5. Take to taste Garlic powder
  6. Prepare to taste Salt
  7. Take to taste Pepper
  8. Prepare 3 bay leaves
  9. Prepare 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)
  10. Take 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  11. Prepare 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
  12. Get 1/3 cup apple juice
  13. Prepare to taste Cumin
  14. Take to taste Garlic powder
  15. Make ready to taste Salt
  16. Take to taste Pepper
  17. Make ready 3 bay leaves
  18. Prepare 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)
  19. Take 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  20. Get 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
  21. Take 1/3 cup apple juice
  22. Take to taste Cumin
  23. Prepare to taste Garlic powder
  24. Get to taste Salt
  25. Take to taste Pepper
  26. Make ready 3 bay leaves
  27. Get 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)

Great for a weeknight, slow cooker chicken carnitas don't need to be pre-cooked. Just combine chicken thighs and spices in the slow cooker and let them go. Right before serving, shred the chicken and broil it until tender and crisp. Use the carnitas in tacos, burrito bowls, or to make taco salads.

Instructions 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!

Right before serving, shred the chicken and broil it until tender and crisp. Use the carnitas in tacos, burrito bowls, or to make taco salads. 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.

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