{"id":2113,"date":"2012-09-26T20:09:30","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T01:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/?p=2113"},"modified":"2012-09-26T20:09:30","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T01:09:30","slug":"carnitas-burrito-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/?p=2113","title":{"rendered":"Carnitas Burrito Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I liked pork tacos , i think they&#8217;re yummy , but i never made them myself . Until the other day i decided to try it , but i knew that carnitas was supposed to be deep fried in lard , that&#8217;s the authentic way to make pork tacos i guess . But i just can&#8217;t imagine myself deep frying pork , pork is already fatty enough and deep frying them ? Even though i know it probably will be great tasting .. but i chose the alternative . I put the pork in the slow cooker \ud83d\ude42 easy and surprisingly delicious and moist !!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4 lbs of pork shoulder \/ pork butt or pork rib eye texas style , cut into chunks<\/p>\n<p>2 bay leaves<\/p>\n<p>Place the bay leaves on the bottom of the slow cooker , and then mix these spices for the rub<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoon garlic powder<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoon ground cumin<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon crumbled dried oregano<\/li>\n<li>1teaspoon ground coriander<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then sprinkle the pork with the rub , and mix well until everything is well coated , and then place the pork into the slow cooker . Slowly , add 1.5 cups of chicken broth .<\/p>\n<p>Cook for about 6-7 hours on low . Once it&#8217;s done , take them out , shred the pork , and place them in a oven safe dish , preheat the oven to 400 F , and place the pork in the oven for about 25 minutes .<\/p>\n<p>You can serve this as burrito bowl by placing rice on the bowl or plate , add shredded pork on top , then add the black beans , pico de gallo , salsa and guacamole .<\/p>\n<p><strong>For Guacamole recipe :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 avocado , mashed<\/p>\n<p>juice from lime , just a little bit , so t hat avocado doesn\u2019t turn brown<\/p>\n<p>1\/4-1\/2 tsp. salt ,<\/p>\n<p>onion , chopped<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 roma tomato , chopped<\/p>\n<p>cilantro , chopped<\/p>\n<p>1 garlic cloves , minced<\/p>\n<p>Mix all together and refrigerate for at least an hour .<\/p>\n<p><strong>For home made salsa , you need : (if you buy store bought , skip this step )<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1-28 oz can of whole peeled tomatoes<\/p>\n<p>bunch of fresh cilantro<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 cup of onion<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 cup of red onion<\/p>\n<p>2 cloves of garlic<\/p>\n<p>2 jalapeno<\/p>\n<p>salt , pepper<\/p>\n<p>2 tsp. of cumin<\/p>\n<p>little sugar if it\u2019s too sour<\/p>\n<p>Mix these ingredients together in food processor .<\/p>\n<p>For pico de gallo recipe click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/?s=pico+de+gallo\">here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also make tacos out of it too , just instead of rice , get a tortilla shell , and assemble your tacos .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/burrito-bowl.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2114\" title=\"burrito bowl\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/burrito-bowl-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/burrito-bowl-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/burrito-bowl.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>how to make carnitas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":2114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-main-dishes","category-main-dishes-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2115,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2113\/revisions\/2115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}