I’m a fan of the crockpot, but one of the biggest drawbacks is most recipes I have for cooking in the thing involve chicken and cream of something soup. Now I like those ingredients as much as anyone, but for God’s sake, let’s make something with a little more flair, huh?
I stumbled across an easy crockpot dinner, with, count ’em, three—yes, three!—ingredients. You’ll need a couple of other bits on hand for the actual eating.
If you’re not familiar with carnitas, I recommend you get up close and personal with them.
What you’ll need:
- An onion or two
- A pork loin or roast
- A can or two of tomatillo sauce (green sauce)
Here’s how it’s gonna go:
Slice the onion into ring or half rings. Spray your crockpot with cooking spray (don’t know about you, but my stuff always seems to stick in there).Toss in the onions. Plunk that pork right on top (fat side up is good) and then pour the tomatillo sauce over the whole thing. Set your crockpot on low and let it cook all day.
If you feel especially motivated, you can let it cool and skim off the fat before you serve it. We’re usually too hungry to mess with that. Once your pork is cooked, warm up some corn tortillas and slap on the pork and onions. Tech Guy and I like it with a little sour cream, but you could get wild and add whatever your heart desires. If you heat up a can of black beans, you have a full meal deal!
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This week is International Flirting Week. My suggestion is that you bat your eyes at the guy behind the meat counter so he’ll cut you a nice ole piece of pork booty. If you hit it off (and you’re not already spoken for), you can invite him over for carnitas later!
