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Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas Recipe

 ·  ☕ 3 min read  ·  ✍️ Alex McDaniel

Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas
Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas

Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, slow cooker chicken carnitas. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. 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. Prepare to taste Cumin
  5. Make ready to taste Garlic powder
  6. Make ready to taste Salt
  7. Prepare to taste Pepper
  8. Get 3 bay leaves
  9. Get 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)
  10. Prepare 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  11. Take 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
  12. Take 1/3 cup apple juice
  13. Get to taste Cumin
  14. Get to taste Garlic powder
  15. Get to taste Salt
  16. Prepare to taste Pepper
  17. Make ready 3 bay leaves
  18. Prepare 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)
  19. Take 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  20. Make ready 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
  21. Take 1/3 cup apple juice
  22. Take to taste Cumin
  23. Make ready to taste Garlic powder
  24. Prepare to taste Salt
  25. Get to taste Pepper
  26. Make ready 3 bay leaves
  27. Get 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)
Steps 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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