Easiest Way to Make Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas in 22 Minutes for Family

Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, slow cooker chicken carnitas. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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?

Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have slow cooker chicken carnitas using 27 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas:

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

Serve it up with a spoonful of sour cream. These Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas are guaranteed to be your family's next go-to meal for future taco nights. Each bite will leave you craving The key to adding a satisfying crunch to slow cooker chicken carnitas is using the broiler for the final step. Set an oven rack to just below the broiler.

Instructions 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. Season chicken with cumin, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Place sliced oranges on top. Squeeze remaining orange over chicken.
8. 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.
9. Set broiler to high. Place chicken on baking sheet and drizzle with 2 tbsp olive oil. Broil for 5 minutes.
10. Remove and drizzle with remaining 2 tbsp olive oil and broil another 5 minutes.
11. Remove and serve on flour or corn tortillas with your favorite fixings. Enjoy!
12. Season chicken with cumin, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Place sliced oranges on top. Squeeze remaining orange over chicken.
13. 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.
14. Set broiler to high. Place chicken on baking sheet and drizzle with 2 tbsp olive oil. Broil for 5 minutes.
15. Remove and drizzle with remaining 2 tbsp olive oil and broil another 5 minutes.
16. Remove and serve on flour or corn tortillas with your favorite fixings. Enjoy!

It's no secret that my love for Mexican and slow cookers runs deep. Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas with cumin, paprika, oregano, chili powder, and lime juice have all the flavor of your favorite pork carnitas without the guilt. It is fair to say that we eat tacos at least once a week in our house, sometimes twice, and sometimes an embarrassing amount of times when there. This Slow Cooker Chipotle Chicken Carnitas recipe is a lightened up version of Chipotle Mexican Grill's pork carnitas. Great in salads, burrito bowls, and tacos, it's a versatile recipe that freezes well too.

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