Pork Carnitas (Instant Pot)

These pork carnitas, first pressure-cooked until tender and juicy and then crisped on the edges with their own rendered fat in a hot skillet, are rich, meaty, and succulent.  

Think tender pork butt cooked in flavorful spices, a little water, and its own rendered fat until it falls apart and is infused with flavor. It's perfect for tacos served with Mexican Red Rice and beans. 

Beer Braised Carnitas

These carnitas are braised in a broth of beer flavored with garlic, bay leaf, cumin, coriander, cinnamon, and chiles.

Carnitas, cut up pork shoulder braised with chiles and other spices, and then fried until crispy in their own fat, are a favorite Mexican dish, especially here in California.