Smoked Pork Carnitas Tacos

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Trying out a recipe posted by Malcolm read on YouTube for smoked pork Carnitas tacos. Here's a few photos of my prep. Smoke will start tomorrow around noon for dinner in the evening.

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I started with salt pepper and garlic rub and scored the fat side. I diced up some chipotle peppers in adobo sauce and smeared it all over the top.

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Next its into a 2 gallon Ziploc bag with fresh oranges lime and orange juice. Squeeze all the air out of the bag and little rest in the refrigerator overnight. No injection needed for this porkbutt. I'll update tomorrow when I start the cook!!

 

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I'm in

 

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hillbillyrkstr said:

I'm in

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Dinners at 9!

 

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How did they turn out,got a similar dinner going!

 

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How did they turn out,got a similar dinner going!

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Still cooking!! Been in the smoker for about an hour. Still a long ways to go!

 

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I took dinner at nine to be last night!

 

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Got the color I want time to start braising . Put it in a pan with orange juice tomato juice fresh oranges onion and garlic. I'll cover it in foil put it back in the smoker at 250 until we hit that sweet 198°.

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Man Lou that looks lights out. Nothing better than carnitas. I'm gonna try some in the sous vide here pretty quick. Any chance you can give me your recipe?

 

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hillbillyrkstr said:

Man Lou that looks lights out. Nothing better than carnitas. I'm gonna try some in the sous vide here pretty quick. Any chance you can give me your recipe?

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Here is the link to the recipe that I followed. I love Malcolm reeds videos so much good stuff!

 

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Appreciate it!

 

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Hit my IT much quicker than I thought I would. Going to let it rest in all this juice for a little bit and then will pull it.

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Wow!! Welcome to flavor town!!!

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Made a chipotle sour cream as a topper!!