Description
Slow Cooker Carnitas Style Chicken is an easy weeknight Mexican dinner recipe. Eat these in a burrito bowl, on a tortilla, or just on their own!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1.5 lb boneless chicken breast-about 4 pieces
- 2 teaspoons cumin
- 1 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 2 teaspoons oregano
- 1 medium yellow onion, diced
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 2 small or 1 large orange
- 2 limes
Instructions
- Combine cumin, salt, pepper, chili powder and oregano in a small bow.
- Rub mixture over the chicken breasts and place into a slow cooker.
- Top the meat with garlic and onion.
- Halve limes and oranges and squeeze juice over meat and place fruit on top of the meat.
- Cook on high 4-5 hours or low 6-7 hours.
- Shred chicken with two forks and allow to sit in juices for 20-30 minutes before serving for more moist carnitas.
- Serve with favorite toppings over rice or in taco shells or tortilla.
Notes
For best results, store leftovers with juices from the slow cooker in an airtight container up to 3 days. Reheat on the stovetop over the microwave if possible.
Freeze in a freezer bag or freezer-safe container (affiliate link) up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 4 hours
- Category: dinner
- Method: slow cooker
- Cuisine: Mexican
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 323
- Sugar: 1.4 g
- Sodium: 496.4 mg
- Fat: 5.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 39.3 g
- Protein: 32.3 g
- Cholesterol: 82.7 mg