All American Carnitas

3-4 lb	Pork Butt
2 Tbsp	Vegetable Oil
½ tsp	Cayenne Pepper or, to taste
1× 12 oz can	Coke, not diet
2 cups	Orange Juice
2 Tbsp	Brown Sugar
2 cups	Salsa, homemade or commercial
1 Tbsp	Kosher or Sea Salt
1 Tbsp	Ground
	Black Pepper
	Juice of 1 Lime
4	Limes, cut into wedges
	Thickening Slurry Composed of 2 Tbsp Cornstarch Mixed Into 2 Tbsp Cold Water

DIRECTIONS:

Trim the fat and silver skin from the roast. In a large bowl, combine the Coke, orange juice, salsa, cayenne and brown sugar, then add to a slow cooker. 

Carefully place the trimmed roast in the slow cooker, cover and turn to low. 

Cook for 6-8 hours, or until the roast is fork tender and shreds easily. After cooking, remove the meat to a clean work surface. 

When it is cool enough to handle, shred and place the meat in a serving dish to use as a taco filling or as a filling for fried, crisp burritos or carnitas.

HELPFUL TIPS:

After removing the meat, adding lime juice, then thickening the remaining boiling liquid with a corn starch slurry to produce a great tasting dipping sauce. This is a real All American Carnitas. All American? What could possibly be more All American than Coke-Cola?

Shared by Mary Ann Hartley