Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, slow cooker chicken carnitas. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have slow cooker chicken carnitas using 27 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas:
- Get 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- Take 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
- Make ready 1/3 cup apple juice
- Get to taste Cumin
- Make ready to taste Garlic powder
- Get to taste Salt
- Prepare to taste Pepper
- Make ready 3 bay leaves
- Prepare 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)
- Get 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- Make ready 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
- Make ready 1/3 cup apple juice
- Make ready to taste Cumin
- Make ready to taste Garlic powder
- Prepare to taste Salt
- Take to taste Pepper
- Prepare 3 bay leaves
- Make ready 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)
- Prepare 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- Make ready 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
- Prepare 1/3 cup apple juice
- Get to taste Cumin
- Get to taste Garlic powder
- Make ready to taste Salt
- Prepare to taste Pepper
- Make ready 3 bay leaves
- Make ready 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)
Instructions to make Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas:
- Pour apple juice into slow cooker and place chicken breasts.
- Season chicken with cumin, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Place sliced oranges on top. Squeeze remaining orange over chicken.
- 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.
- Set broiler to high. Place chicken on baking sheet and drizzle with 2 tbsp olive oil. Broil for 5 minutes.
- Remove and drizzle with remaining 2 tbsp olive oil and broil another 5 minutes.
- Remove and serve on flour or corn tortillas with your favorite fixings. Enjoy!
- 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.
- Ready to serve and ENJOY!
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