Carnitas - Triple D Recipe

[SmokeAndGrill]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=FmFp3Xe6lMM



Here's the recipe:
Ingredients

1 pork butt (bone in) (they're about 5 lbs or so)
1 bulb of garlic, cut in half lengthwise (to expose the cloves)
1/2 can sweetened condensed milk (I am not making this up)
1/2 can Coke (stay with me)
2 cinnamon sticks
Enough salt to cure a bison

Cut up the pork butt into about 4 pieces (leaving the bone in) and put the pieces in the bottom of a dutch oven. Pour the sweetened condensed milk over the top (as for what to do with the other 1/2 of the can ... um, get out a spoon and go. to. town.). Pour the Coke over the top (mix the other 1/2 of the Coke with rum and juice from half a lime and some crushed ice and drink). Add the cinnamon sticks, garlic and salt. Add a little bit of water, not so much that the meat is covered, but so the liquid is 1/2 to 3/4 to the top of the meat.

Cover and simmer on medium-low for 2 hours.

Uncover, take out meat, pull apart with forks and fry in a dry pan (plenty o' fat on that ol' pork butt, but you could add oil if you wanted. I would certainly not judge you) until crispy.

[Fishawn]

Very interesting ingredients...... "I" would have never thought of it, but I bet it works really well.... hmmmm..... I gotta try it.....

Great pic and thanks for the recipe...

[TasunkaWitko]

makes sense - sweetened condensed milk makes dulce de leche. add coke and you've got an effective caramel, with the salt to balance it and the cinnamon to provide an exotic kick - garlic for some umami and it should be really good.

balances of flavours, even (maybe especially) ones that wouldn't seem to go together at first glance, often leads to some really good eats.

[sweet_magnolia]

Looks and sounds good, Andy. I especially liked this part:

(mix the other 1/2 of the Coke with rum and juice from half a lime and some crushed ice and drink).

[TATONKA3A2]

Wow that does sound interesting!! Looks excellent!!

[SmokinTim]

Awesome!