Instant Pot Carnitas (Mexican Pulled Pork)
This is the best Instant Pot Carnitas recipe! Make quick and juicy Mexican pulled pork in the pressure cooker to use in tacos, burrito bowls, taco salads, and more.
Ingredients
- 2 ½ poundstrimmed (boneless pork shoulder blade roast, cut into 4 pieces)
- 2 teaspoonskosher salt
- black pepper (to taste)
- 6 clovesgarlic (cut into sliver)
- 1 ½ teaspoonscumin
- ½ teaspoonsazon (i used homemade)
- ¼ teaspoondry oregano
- 1 cupreduced sodium chicken broth
- 2chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (to taste)
- 2bay leaves
- ¼ teaspoondry adobo seasoning (i used goya)
- ½ teaspoongarlic powder
Directions
- 1
Season pork with salt and pepper.
- 2
Press saute on the instant pot, spray with oil and brown the pork on all sides for about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
- 3
Using a sharp knife, insert blade into pork about 1-inch deep, and insert the garlic slivers, you’ll want to do this all over.
- 4
Season pork with cumin, sazon, oregano, adobo and garlic powder all over.
- 5
Pour chicken broth, add chipotle peppers and stir, add bay leaves and place pork in the Instant Pot, cover and cook using the pressure cooker setting on high pressure for 80 minutes.
- 6
When the pressure releases, shred pork using two forks and combine well with the juices that accumalated at the bottom.
- 7
Remove bay leaves and adjust cumin and add adobo and mix well.