Traditional Mexican Pork Carnitas in a Cast Iron Pot

Pork carnitas is one of the most famous dishes to come from Mexico: slow-cooked pork, shredded and fried up to give a crispy and wonderfully delicious take on pulled pork. While pulled pork is easy to make and delicious, this will take your pulled pork to a new level. In fact, there are two ways to make this dish: the easy way and the "traditional" way. The easy way is to slow-cook a big pork shoulder in a cast iron pot until it falls apart, producing a tasty and very satisfying pulled pork. The "traditional" way is also easy to do, and it's faster than the usual slow-cooked method. However, the "traditional" method for making carnitas involves deep-frying the pork pieces in lard, for as long as two to three hours. Because not everyone wants to use up to a gallon of lard in the making of this dish, the "easy" way is the more popular method for making carnitas. But if you want to make the extra effort and cook this dish in lard, you'll have a feast you won't soon forget. The recipe for this dish can be seen on my Web site, Cast Iron Chaos, at: http://www.modemac.com/cgi-bin/wiki.p...

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