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Pulled Pork Lettuce Wraps!
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To make traditional carnitas, Michoacán style, skip the spice mix and just boil the pork in water with an onion, a bay leaf, cumin, salt and hot pepper. The day-long refrigerations helps with the spice penetration of the meat, but if you don't have a day you can skip this step (but try it next time ; )
| Prep Time | 10 minutes |
| Cook Time | 50 minutes |
| Servings |
8
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Ingredients
- 4 pounds pork roast leg or shoulder
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 head butter lettuce washed and dried
- 2 carrots spiralized (or grated)
- 2 limes cut into wedges
- water almost to cover
Spice Mix
- 1 tablespoons un-sweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 2 teaspoons oregano
- 1 teaspoon white pepper
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- ⅛ teaspoon coriander
- ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 large onion finely chopped
Ingredients
Spice Mix
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Instructions
- The day before cooking the meat, make the spice mix by combining all of the ingredients listed, cut the roast into manageable pieces and rub them with the onion and spices. Then wrap the meat back into the butcher's paper and refrigerate overnight.
- Brown the roast on all sides, in pre-heated pressure cooker, the add enough water to almost cover
2-3 cups . - Close and lock the lid of the pressure cooker.
- Cook for 50-60 minutes at high pressure.
- Open with the Natural release method - move the pressure cooker to a cool burner and wait for the pressure to come down on it's own (about 10 minutes). Disengage the “keep warm” mode or unplug the cooker and open when the pressure indicator has gone down (20-30 minutes).
- Pull out the meat and place on a platter, and then begin pulling the flesh into strips using two forks. In the meantime, reduce the cooking liquid in the cooker to half strain and de-fat using your favorite method (I leave it in the fridge overnight).
- At this point, you can also refrigerate the cooked, now shredded, pork for several days or continue with the recipe.
- In a pre-heated large wide saute' pan add vegetable oil, or lard, and fry the shredded pork until it becomes lightly brown. For extra spice, drizzle the cooking liquid on the pulled pork before serving.
- To make lettuce wraps, simply prepare the lettuce cups with carrots on a serving platter. Fill with just-fried pork. Finish with a squirt of fresh lime.
Laura Pazzaglia is the founder of the Hip Pressure Cooking website.
She’s an industry-recognized expert in pressure cookery serving the last decade as a consultant for manufacturers in Europe and America and performing demonstrations worldwide.
Laura does more than write and test recipes, her books and articles explore the mechanics of pressure cooking, how ingredients react under pressure and the nutritional benefits of pressure cooking- one of her articles is cited in scientific literature.
She has appeared in several infomercials and pressure cooker demonstration videos. But, mostly, she prefers giving classes and live product demonstrations where cooks can taste the benefits of pressure cooking. She produced a free video series using the Instant Pot, Pressure Cooking School, to reach and teach more cooks the ease of pressure cookery.
Currently, Laura lives in Italy near Rome and travels frequently to the United States and Europe to share her passion for kitchen technology. She holds a green belt in Goshin Do (Shotokan Karate specialty) and when not cooking or writing she is defending and attacking her way to a black belt.
Previously, she spent about 15 years as an information technology professional in San Francisco and California’s Silicon Valley.
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Absolutley loved this! So easy to make!
Love this recipy! Made it many times easy to make and perfect for large group. I use pork loin as it is inexpensive in my area a ,is easier to cube (no bone) and to shred once pressure cooked. Great tasting
Wow excellent recipe. Changed up the spices a bit but it turned out perfect. The timing for the pressure cooker was bang on.
I made these tonight and they were delicious!