21 Day Fix Pork Carnitas Recipe

21 Day Fix Pork Carnitas Recipe

This is one of my favorite 21 Day Fix crock pot and Instant Pot recipes! When you’re following the 21 Day Fix pork carnitas are perfect because you can easily add veggies to them to get in all of your green containers for the day.

Ingredients for 21 Day Fix Pork Carnitas

Pork tenderloin (I always look for the leanest I can find)

1 bottle Green Chile Salsa–the less ingredients, the better!

1 can Rotel (tomatoes and green chilies–if you can’t find this, just grab some diced tomatoes)

2 Onions

2 Bay Leaves

2t Cayenne Pepper

2t Chili Powder

Salt and Pepper to taste

1. Slice one onion into thick slices and line the bottom of your crock pot with them. Dice the other onion and set aside for a topping.
2. Place pork tenderloin on top of the onions and sprinkle your spices (and place bay leaves) on the pork.
3. Pour 1/2 bottle of salsa, entire can of Rotel, and diced onions on and around pork.
4. Cook on low for 5-8 hours, depending on the size of your tenderloin.

1.5C of Pork Carnitas = 2 Red. Add veggies to your carnitas if you’d like–I love adding peppers and more onion! Garnish with plain greek yogurt. 2 small corn tortillas count as 1 yellow container. 

If you’d rather not eat these in corn tortillas, I’d suggest using bell peppers as a delicious bowl!

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4.24 from 13 votes

21 Day Fix Pork Carnitas Recipe

These 21 Day Fix pork carnitas are easy to cook in the crock pot and delicious!

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time6 hrs

Total Time6 hrs 10 mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Mexican

Keyword: Pork Carnitas

Ingredients

• Pork tenderloin (I always look for the leanest I can find)
• 1 bottle Green Chile Salsa–the less ingredients , the better!
• 1 can Rotel
• 2 Onions
• 2 Bay Leaves
• 2 t Cayenne Pepper
• 2 t Chili Powder
• Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions

• Slice one onion into thick slices and line the bottom of your crock pot with them. Dice the other onion and set aside for a topping.
• Place pork tenderloin on top of the onions and sprinkle your spices (and place bay leaves) on the pork.
• Pour 1/2 bottle of salsa, entire can of Rotel, and diced onions on and around pork.
• Cook on low for 5-8 hours, depending on the size of your tenderloin.Pull pork out and shred it, then add it back into the crockpot.Serve with the rest of the bottle of green chile salsa, warm flour or corn tortillas, diced onions, and sour cream.

Notes

21 Day Fix Notes: 2R and 1G. 2 small corn tortillas count as 1 yellow container.

Instant Pot Pork Carnitas Instructions:

1. Add pork tenderloin and other ingredients into the Instant Pot. Pressure cook on high pressure for 8 minutes (I did this for a 2 pound tenderloin), then let pressure naturally release for 15 minutes.
2. Pull out the pork and shred it, then place it back to the Instant Pot.

*nutrition calculations are approximate

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