Easy Pork Carnitas

Your air fryer produces deliciously crisp and flaky hand pies and mini pies. By combining pre-made pie dough and pie filling, these mouthwatering blueberry hand pies can be made quickly and easily. Only 4 items are required in total.

Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Ingredients

  1. 1 (5 pound) boneless pork shoulder
  2. salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
  3. 1 tablespoon safflower oil

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. Trim excess fat from pork shoulder and cut pork into 2-inch cubes. Season with salt and pepper on all sides.
  3. Heat a cast iron braiser over medium-high heat. Pour oil into the pot and brown pork on all sides, about 10 minutes. Cover with the lid.
  4. Bake in the preheated oven until pork is crispy on the outside and soft, but fully cooked, on the inside, about 1 hour.
  5. If you are not using a cast iron braiser with a cast iron lid, the cook time will be about 20 minutes longer.

 

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