Pressure Cooker Carnitas Fast!

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 lbs boneless lamb shoulder
• 1 (16 ounce) can salsa verde
• 1 onion
• 6 garlic cloves
• 30 corn tortillas (more or less)
• 1 jalapeno pepper
• 1 (28 ounce) can pinto beans
• 1 tablespoon cooking oil (use whatever. i used olive oil because it was handy)
• 1 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 stab the roast several times with knife and insert the garlic cloves into cuts so the garlic flavors the roast while cooking.
• 2 heat the cooker to medium high heat, add the 1 tbsp cooking oil and sear the roast on all sides, about 30 seconds a side.
• 3 pour the chili verde over the roast. lift the roast a bit so some of the chili verde gets under it while cooking.
• 4 add the jalepeno pepper (optional) or chipotle pepper (optional) along with the quartered onion.
• 5 cook on high pressure for 1 hour.
• 6 remove from heat and cool the cooker under cool water till the pressure is gone.
• 7 with tongs, remove the roast to a large baking pan and shred with forks thoroughly.
• 8 pour whats left in the pressure cooker through a strainer and dump the contents of the strainer over the shredded meat evenly.
• 9 you can save the liquid from the pressure cooker to flavor the meat later if you want.
• 10 spread out the shredded meat out evenly and broil it on the middle oven rack untill edges start to get a little crispy brown.
• 11 stir the meat around and heat again till edges get a little crispy brown.
• 12 careful not to dry it out too much. remember, crispy an succulent.
• 13 i find this is the best way to heat up corn tortillas:.
• 14 heat up a griddle to med high.
• 15 dip a corn tortilla in cold water and then place it on griddle till it gets a couple toasty brown spots. flip the tortilla and remove after the other side gets toasty brown spots too, then remove and stack.
• 16 repeat till you have enough for everyone.
• 17 serve the carnitas with the beans to be eaten with the tortillas.
• 18 you can also serve with rice and have some hot sauce or pico de gallo handy.