Comments on: carnitas http://alaskacooks.com/2006/06/14/carnitas/ staying warm & hungry Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:38:40 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: jared http://alaskacooks.com/2006/06/14/carnitas/comment-page-1/#comment-2803 jared Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:38:40 +0000 http://alaskacooks.com/?p=50#comment-2803 It adds a creamy texture, but I've done it without it. The biggest change I've noticed is int he color of the cooked pork. It adds a creamy texture, but I’ve done it without it. The biggest change I’ve noticed is int he color of the cooked pork.

]]> By: shane http://alaskacooks.com/2006/06/14/carnitas/comment-page-1/#comment-2801 shane Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:17:50 +0000 http://alaskacooks.com/?p=50#comment-2801 Susan, I dont know what the milk adds, but I have seen other carnitas recipes that call for it. We cook ours in a crock pot...about an our per pound. We use lactaid and coke Zero.....and it tastes WONDERFUL. We cook this and some homemade refried beans and eat on it all week long. The ingredients for this, a 7lb butt on sale, and refried beans comes to about $15 and we can get 10-12 meals out of it! I dont use the chipotle peppers either. I also braze the pork in a cast iron skillet with garlic before it goes in the crock pot. Susan,

I dont know what the milk adds, but I have seen other carnitas recipes that call for it. We cook ours in a crock pot…about an our per pound. We use lactaid and coke Zero…..and it tastes WONDERFUL. We cook this and some homemade refried beans and eat on it all week long. The ingredients for this, a 7lb butt on sale, and refried beans comes to about $15 and we can get 10-12 meals out of it! I dont use the chipotle peppers either. I also braze the pork in a cast iron skillet with garlic before it goes in the crock pot.

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