Instant Pot Carnitas (Mexican Pulled Pork)

This is the best Instant Pot Carnitas recipe! Make quick and juicy Mexican pulled pork in the pressure cooker to use in tacos, burrito bowls, taco salads, and more.

⏱ 100 min 🔨 Prep 20min 🔥 Cook 80min 📊 Hard 🍽 11 servings 👁 8
Instant Pot Carnitas (Mexican Pulled Pork)

Ingredients

11 servings

Instructions

  1. Season pork with salt and pepper.
  2. Press saute on the instant pot, spray with oil and brown the pork on all sides for about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
  3. Using a sharp knife, insert blade into pork about 1-inch deep, and insert the garlic slivers, you’ll want to do this all over.
  4. Season pork with cumin, sazon, oregano, adobo and garlic powder all over.
  5. Pour chicken broth, add chipotle peppers and stir, add bay leaves and place pork in the Instant Pot, cover and cook using the pressure cooker setting on high pressure for 80 minutes.
  6. When the pressure releases, shred pork using two forks and combine well with the juices that accumalated at the bottom.
  7. Remove bay leaves and adjust cumin and add adobo and mix well.
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Nutrition per serving

160kcal

💰 Cost Estimate

Total Ingredients
$5705.00
Per Serving
$519.00/serving
🏠 Savings
~$11410.00 vs buying!
📋 Price Breakdown (75% ingredients detected)
IngredientAmountSubtotal
trimmed 1 lbs -
kosher salt 2 tsp $4.00
black pepper - -
garlic 6 cloves $1185.00
cumin 0.5 tsp $18.00
sazon 0.5 tsp -
dry oregano 0.25 tsp $7.00
reduced sodium chicken broth 1 cup $40.00
-3 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce 2 $883.00
bay leaves 2 $3557.00
dry adobo seasoning 0.25 tsp $7.00
garlic powder 0.5 tsp $4.00

*Estimated market prices, may vary by region

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Instant Pot Carnitas (Mexican Pulled Pork)

Ingredients:
  • 2 1/2 lbs trimmed (boneless pork shoulder blade roast, cut into 4 pieces)
  • 2 tsp kosher salt
  • black pepper (to taste)
  • 6 cloves garlic (cut into sliver)
  • 1 1/2 tsp cumin
  • 1/2 tsp sazon (I used homemade)
  • 1/4 tsp dry oregano
  • 1 cup reduced sodium chicken broth
  • 2 -3 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (to taste)
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1/4 tsp dry adobo seasoning (I used Goya)
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder

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