Carnitas and Breakfast Sausage

[John Solak]

Took advantage of the sale on pork shoulders and picked me up 2 two packs.



Cut about 6 lbs to use for carnitas


Placed the pork in to some lard heat on high to get some color


Then lowered the heat, added some garlic, a sliced orange, bay leaves and a couple of cups of water and simmer till the water evaporated


After the water evaporated I added a Coke with real sugar, and evap condensed milk and cooked till the pork was fork tender. Then cooked the pork in a CI skillet till the pork to get a little more texture on the outside.


Made tacos with cilantro, onion, avocado, and salsa for garnish, and nopales and refried beans for sides.


Ground the rest of the pork and looked up a Jimmy Dean clone recipe for breakfast sausage and sort of followed it.
This morning I cooked a little of the sausage, threw in a few eggs and cheese


and made breakfast tacos

 

[Rich Dahl]

Amazing John, you did great those all look wonderful! Am I reading that right $0.79 a pound for the shoulder! Wow the cheapest here has been $1.79.

 

[JRAiona]

Awesome carnitas John.

 

[ChuckO]

One word describes John's cooks: WOW!!!

 

[Matt Rector]

That is spectacular! Every bit of that Rocks. The prep, the food, the pictures and you can't beat that price!

 

[Steven P (Tupelo)]

Awesome, as always John!

 

[Cliff Bartlett]

Looks absolutely delicious John. Masterful cook.

 

[Mildo]

It looks very good dude!

 

[russ olin]

Wow John, looks real guud. And I thought getting a pork roast last week for $1.99 was a great deal.

 

[Craig Alumbaugh]

Both cooks look mighty tasty

 

[Bob H.]

Those breakfast tacos caught my attention John, they look amazing.

 

[Barb D]

Those cooks were awesome John, I'll take a plate of each. Like Rich said I wish we could fine some shoulder at that price, I'd have a couple on hand real fast.

 

[Nate Frost]

Awesome carnitas John!!! Carnitas are one of my favorites.

 

[Tim McCann]

Looks fantastic John!