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Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas Recipe

 ·  ☕ 3 min read  ·  ✍️ Mabel Ballard

Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas
Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas

Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, slow cooker chicken carnitas. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook slow cooker chicken carnitas using 27 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas:
  1. Prepare 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  2. Take 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
  3. Get 1/3 cup apple juice
  4. Take to taste Cumin
  5. Make ready to taste Garlic powder
  6. Get to taste Salt
  7. Prepare to taste Pepper
  8. Make ready 3 bay leaves
  9. Make ready 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)
  10. Get 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  11. Prepare 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
  12. Get 1/3 cup apple juice
  13. Get to taste Cumin
  14. Get to taste Garlic powder
  15. Make ready to taste Salt
  16. Make ready to taste Pepper
  17. Make ready 3 bay leaves
  18. Get 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)
  19. Get 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  20. Make ready 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
  21. Make ready 1/3 cup apple juice
  22. Get to taste Cumin
  23. Prepare to taste Garlic powder
  24. Get to taste Salt
  25. Get to taste Pepper
  26. Make ready 3 bay leaves
  27. Make ready 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)
Instructions to make Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas:
  1. Pour apple juice into slow cooker and place chicken breasts.
  2. Season chicken with cumin, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Place sliced oranges on top. Squeeze remaining orange over chicken.
  3. Cover and cook on high for 3 hours. After 3 hours, remove chicken and remove bay leaves and orange slices. Shred and return to cooker mixing with juices. Cook on high another hour.
  4. Set broiler to high. Place chicken on baking sheet and drizzle with 2 tbsp olive oil. Broil for 5 minutes.
  5. Remove and drizzle with remaining 2 tbsp olive oil and broil another 5 minutes.
  6. Remove and serve on flour or corn tortillas with your favorite fixings. Enjoy!
  7. Cover and cook on high for 3 hours. After 3 hours, remove chicken and shred and return to cooker mixing with juices. Cook on high another hour.
  8. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

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