Low-Fat Carnitas

serve with low fat spiced black beans

• Ready In: 0 mins
• Serves: 12
• Yields: 6

Ingredients

• 4  lbs  pork loin, cut in very large pieces
• 1 1⁄2 quarts chicken broth
• 1  large onion, quartered
• 1  tablespoon cumin
• 1  tablespoon  coriander
• 2  teaspoons oregano, dried
• 4  chipotle chiles, canned or dry
• 2  bay leaves
•  water
•  salt

Directions

1. To a 7- to 8-quart pan, add pork, broth, onion, coriander, cumin, oregano, chilies in sauce, sauce, and bay leaves. Add water to cover the pork.
2. Cover the pan and bring to a boil on high heat, then reduce heat and simmer until meat pulls apart easily with a fork, 2 to 3 hours.
3. Strain broth.
4. Cover pork with enough broth to keep moist and use remaining broth for Spiced Black Beans.
5. To bake carnitas, pull pork large shreds and place in a shallow baking dish.
6. Spoon some broth over to keep moist. Broil pork until slightly crisp (watching carefully), turn, moisten if necessary and broil again.
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