Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, slow cooker chicken carnitas. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is something that I have loved my whole life.

And a few weeks ago, I decided to make them my new thing. Chicken can be made into some seriously good carnitas! The other good news about this recipe? Just toss all of your ingredients in a slow cooker.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have slow cooker chicken carnitas using 27 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas:

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

Each bite will leave you craving The key to adding a satisfying crunch to slow cooker chicken carnitas is using the broiler for the final step. Set an oven rack to just below the broiler. Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas with cumin, paprika, oregano, chili powder, and lime juice have all the flavor of your favorite pork carnitas without the guilt. Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is a fresh and delicious take on the classic carnitas made with pork.

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. Season chicken with cumin, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Place sliced oranges on top. Squeeze remaining orange over chicken.
8. 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.
9. Set broiler to high. Place chicken on baking sheet and drizzle with 2 tbsp olive oil. Broil for 5 minutes.
10. Remove and drizzle with remaining 2 tbsp olive oil and broil another 5 minutes.
11. Remove and serve on flour or corn tortillas with your favorite fixings. Enjoy!
12. Season chicken with cumin, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Place sliced oranges on top. Squeeze remaining orange over chicken.
13. 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.
14. Set broiler to high. Place chicken on baking sheet and drizzle with 2 tbsp olive oil. Broil for 5 minutes.
15. Remove and drizzle with remaining 2 tbsp olive oil and broil another 5 minutes.
16. Remove and serve on flour or corn tortillas with your favorite fixings. Enjoy!

Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas with cumin, paprika, oregano, chili powder, and lime juice have all the flavor of your favorite pork carnitas without the guilt. Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is a fresh and delicious take on the classic carnitas made with pork. Slow cooked in lime and orange juice, adobo sauce with chipotle peppers, onions, and spices. Then broiled to aid in drop dead delicious and slightly crispy bits. These chicken carnitas are seasoned with Mexican spices and slow-cooked with onions and peppers in a juicy lime-orange sauce.

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