How to Prepare Favorite Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, slow cooker chicken carnitas. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

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

The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas:

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

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. 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!

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