Recipe for cooking carnitas

Quick Meals- Salads and Sandwiches :: Pork and Ham Sandwiches

Carnitas

This is one thing you can do with extra pork roast. Serve with warmed flour tortillas, more lime juice and chopped finely avocado.

2 to 3 C. cooked pork roast pieces
At least 1/2 C. chopped scallions
Juice of 1 Mexican lime
1 to 2 Tbsp. chopped garlic
Salt and pepper, to taste

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Mix together all ingredients in a roasting pan coated with nonstick spray. Roast for 20 to 30 min. on highest rack in oven. Then turn on broiler and broil about 5 min. to desired shade of brown.

Makes approximately 4 to 6 servings.