Recipe: Delicious Keto Carnitas (Slow Cooker)

Keto Carnitas (Slow Cooker). Impress a crowd with this flavorful & authentic keto carnitas recipe. Put a twist on taco Tuesday with these slow cooker pork carnitas! They're cooked in the slow cooker until juicy and fall-apart tender, then oven-crisped to absolute perfection!

What I love about this recipe is how little time it takes, really—especially compared to how many ways you can use it in other dishes throughout the week. (Instant Pot!) Paleo & Keto Carnitas My Top Tips. I cannot recommend enough that you take the time to sear the meat, rather than just adding everything together to your instant pot (or slow cooker). This recipe can also be cooked in a slow cooker if you prefer to set and forget. You can have Keto Carnitas (Slow Cooker) using 17 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Keto Carnitas (Slow Cooker)

1. It's 6.5 lb of Pork Sirloin Roast.
2. It's 4 of mixed Baby Bell Peppers.
3. Prepare 1 of large Poblano Pepper.
4. Prepare 1 of Jalapeno Pepper.
5. You need 2 of small Sweet Onions.
6. You need 4 tbsp of Minced Garlic.
7. Prepare 8 oz of can Tomato Sauce.
8. It's 5-10 drops of Liquid Smoke.
9. Prepare 1 tbsp of Worcestershire Sauce.
10. Prepare 1/4 cup of Onion Powder.
11. Prepare 1/4 cup of Garlic Powder.
12. You need 1 tbsp of Chilli Powder.
13. Prepare 1/2 tbsp of Cayenne Pepper.
14. Prepare 1/2 tbsp of Paprika.
15. Prepare 1 tsp of Black Pepper.
16. It's 1/2 cup of Bacon Fat.
17. You need 1/4 cup of Apple Cider Vinegar.

After marinating the pork, place all the ingredients into your slow cooker. Our Low Carb Pulled Pork Carnitas recipe is perfectly delicious straight from the pan. But we've got so much more planned for them. Slow Cooker Keto Pork Carnitas Bowls.

Keto Carnitas (Slow Cooker) step by step

1. First dice and chop up all your onions and peppers then add them and garlic to bottom of slow cooker.
2. Add Worcestershire sauce, liquid smoke, 2tbsp bacon fat and can Tomato Sauce to veggies and stir til evenly coated.
3. Add seasonings to a bowl and mix.
4. Rub the pork roasts with seasonings then place on top of mixture in slow cooker.
5. Cook on low heat for 8hrs.
6. Slowly lift roasts out of pot and place in large mixing bowl. Leave veggies and sauce in pot and add apple cider vinegar..
7. Shred pork with two forks and let cool for at least 10 minutes.
8. This next step is optional but adds the textural components lost from using the slow cooker. In large saute pan (I use my Wok) add a few tablespoons of bacon fat and turn heat on high and grease pan. You want it screaming hot. Then toss in 1/3 of the pulled pork and let it crisp up and stir a few times and then remove and add to separate mixing bowl to cool and repeat the process two more times.
9. Portion out pork into portion containers then scoop out sauce from slow cooker over top of pork.
10. Enjoy!.

This pork roast comes out juicy and full of flavor thanks to a zesty citrus marinade and the use of a slow cooker. Layer the shredded pork on cauliflower rice, and top with your favorite burrito toppings! Carnitas are great for feeding a crowd. Roast or smoke the pork or cook it in a slow cooker for busy days. Just be sure to follow the final step of browning the meat in some of the roasting juices.