Simple Way to Make Super Quick Homemade Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas

Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, slow cooker chicken carnitas. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

And a few weeks ago, I decided to make them my new thing. Chicken can be made into some seriously good carnitas! The other good news about this recipe? Just toss all of your ingredients in a slow cooker.

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

Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is a fresh and delicious take on the classic carnitas made with pork. Slow cooked in lime and orange juice, adobo sauce with chipotle peppers, onions, and spices. Then broiled to aid in drop dead delicious and slightly crispy bits. Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas recipe video!

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.

Then broiled to aid in drop dead delicious and slightly crispy bits. Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas recipe video! Is that a pressure cooker in the video?? My slow cooker (Breville Fast-Slow Cooker) is like an Instant Pot. It's multi-functional, a pressure cooker and slow cooker in one.

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