Step 4: Shred & crisp the carnitas
Carnitas
- tender pork
You now have a decision to make, depending on when you’ll be enjoying the carnitas:
If serving immediately: Continue cooking the chunks of pork right in the pot with the rendered fat until they have lightly and gotten crisp on all sides.
- Then, remove from the pot and chop or bash/shred into pieces and serve with tacos, salsa, etc.
If saving for later: Remove the pork from the pot. Reserve any rendered fat. Shred the warm pork chunks with your hands or forks.
- Alternatively, add a handful of pork chunks at a time to a mortar and pestle and bash to create finder shreds of pork.
Store the carnitas in a container in the fridge. When ready to serve them, them with the reserved fat until and crispy. See the FAQ section of this recipe for serving ideas.