Easiest Way to Prepare Favorite Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas

Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, slow cooker chicken carnitas. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook slow cooker chicken carnitas using 27 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas:

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

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. 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.

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