Carnitas

Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 lbs country-style boneless lamb ribs
• 2 cups water
• 1 1/2 cups orange juice
• 6 garlic cloves, peeled
• 2 canned chipotle chiles, minced, plus
• 1 -2 tablespoon adobo sauce
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1/4 cup dark rum

Recipe

• 1 cut lamb ribs into thirds. remove any large portions of fat.
• 2 combine lamb plus the next five ingredients to a heavy skillet. i used a deep cast iron skillet that works great for the end product. bring to a boil, reduce to simmer then cover for 1 ¾ hours. remove cover and reduce liquid by half.
• 3 add the dark rum and continue reducing until all of the liquid has evaporated, stirring occasionally. after the liquid is gone then the lamb will start to stick. this is the good part. continue to stir for another 10 to 15 minutes. the meat will fall apart and brown.
• 4 and that’s it. carnitas. very good and flavorful.