Chow Bella

instant pot pork carnitas
Serves: 6-8
Ingredients:
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3 pounds pork shoulder meat, cut into 2 inch cubes
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1 cup chicken or beef stock
Marinade:
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4 garlic cloves, crushed
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1 medium onion, roughly chopped
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1 teaspoon ground cumin
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2 bay leaves
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1 TBSP coconut aminos
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1 orange, juiced
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Kosher salt
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Ground black pepper
Instructions:
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Cut pork shoulder into cubes, keeping excess fat.
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Marinate pork cubes and fat in the Instant Pot. Season generously with kosher salt and pepper. Add 4 crushed garlic cloves, chopped onion, 1 tsp cumin, 2 bay leaves, 1 TBSP coconut aminos and juice from 1 orange. Mix well and marinate for 20 minutes.
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Pour the stock into the inner pot. Close the lid and pressure cook at High Pressure for 30 minutes + 15 minute Natural Release. Carefully release the remaining pressure after the 15 minutes.
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Transfer the pork cubes onto a baking sheet and drizzle some of the cooking juice on to each piece of pork. Place pork into the broiler for 5 minutes then flip add more cooking juice and place in the broiler for another 5 minutes or until the surface is crisped.