Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas
Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, slow cooker chicken carnitas. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

And a few weeks ago, I decided to make them my new thing. Chicken can be made into some seriously good carnitas! The other good news about this recipe?

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have slow cooker chicken carnitas using 27 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas:
  1. Make ready 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  2. Make ready 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
  3. Get 1/3 cup apple juice
  4. Prepare to taste Cumin
  5. Prepare to taste Garlic powder
  6. Take to taste Salt
  7. Get to taste Pepper
  8. Make ready 3 bay leaves
  9. Get 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)
  10. Take 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  11. Get 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
  12. Take 1/3 cup apple juice
  13. Get to taste Cumin
  14. Get to taste Garlic powder
  15. Prepare to taste Salt
  16. Prepare to taste Pepper
  17. Get 3 bay leaves
  18. Prepare 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)
  19. Make ready 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  20. Prepare 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
  21. Get 1/3 cup apple juice
  22. Prepare to taste Cumin
  23. Make ready to taste Garlic powder
  24. Take to taste Salt
  25. Take to taste Pepper
  26. Prepare 3 bay leaves
  27. Prepare 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)

Serve it up with a spoonful of sour cream. These Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas are guaranteed to be your family's next go-to meal for future taco nights. Each bite will leave you craving The key to adding a satisfying crunch to slow cooker chicken carnitas is using the broiler for the final step. Set an oven rack to just below the broiler.

Steps 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!

It's no secret that my love for Mexican and slow cookers runs deep. Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas with cumin, paprika, oregano, chili powder, and lime juice have all the flavor of your favorite pork carnitas without the guilt. It is fair to say that we eat tacos at least once a week in our house, sometimes twice, and sometimes an embarrassing amount of times when there. This Slow Cooker Chipotle Chicken Carnitas recipe is a lightened up version of Chipotle Mexican Grill's pork carnitas. Great in salads, burrito bowls, and tacos, it's a versatile recipe that freezes well too.

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