Pork Carnitas Burrito Bowl Recipe

Some of the best Mexican food is so easy to make at home! Slow cooked authentic Mexican pork carnitas burrito bowls is what I am making today. The smell is filling my house and I am getting HUNGRY. Mexican pork carnitas are really the first cousin to pulled pork, a USA favorite. Slow cooker tender and delicious with a nice crispy finish! You will love these authentic Mexican pork carnitas burrito bowls ! Super easy to make in the slow cooker and then crisp up in the oven. Add some pico de gallo, some fried green plantain, avocado and some black beans. | ethnicspoon.com

Analida Braeger

This hearty and delicious pork carnitas burrito bowl recipe has rice, black beans, fried plantains, avocados, and tasty pico de gallo. You will love it!

5 from 6 votes

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Prep Time 30

Cook Time 20

Total Time 50

Course Main dish

Cuisine Mexican

Servings servings

Calories 409 kcal

Ingredients

Rice

1 ½ cups white rice raw
2 ¼ cups chicken broth
1 tablespoon tomato paste
2 teaspoon olive oil
⅓ cup onion chopped
2 cloves garlic minced
¼ teaspoon coriander ground

Black beans

1 15.5 oz can black beans
½ teaspoon oregano ground
½ teaspoon cumin
¼ teaspoon chili powder
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon coriander ground
½ teaspoon Kosher salt

Plantains

2 plantains green
oil for frying
1 teaspoon Kosher salt

Pico de gallo

3 Roma tomatoes cored and diced
¼ cup red onion diced
½ teaspoon red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon lime juice
¼ teaspoon Kosher salt
2 tablespoon cilantro chopped
1 jalapeno cored, seeded, diced
1 dash sugar

Other

2 avocados sliced
2 cups pork carnitas see recipe
2 limes cut into wedges

Instructions

Rice

Place rice, broth, and tomato paste in a rice cooker. Stir until well mixed. Cook until done.
In a skillet heat oil on medium, then sauté onions and garlic until translucent. Sprinkle in the coriander, then add the cooked rice and mix thoroughly.

Beans

In a saucepan place the beans, oregano, cumin, chili powder, garlic powder coriander and salt. Mix thoroughly, and simmer on medium for about 20 minutes.

Pico de gallo

Place all the ingredients in a glass or ceramic bowl and mix thoroughly.

Pork Carnitas

See recipe link.

Plantains

Cut ends of the plantain, and peel.
Heat oil in a medium size skillet on medium high.
While the oil heats cut plantains 1" pieces. Fry until they begin to turn golden.
Remove from oil, and place on a cutting board lined with paper towel. Then smash with the bottom of a measuring cup. They should flatten out, and crack a bit.
Return to the oil, and fry again until golden. Remove, then place on paper towels to drain and sprinkle with salt.

Avocados

Peel and slice avocados, and sprinkle with lime juice.

Assembly

Evenly divide rice, beans, pork carnitas, pico de gallo, avocados and plantain into bowls.
Sprinkle with cilantro.

Nutrition

Calories: 409kcalCarbohydrates: 68gProtein: 7gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 5mgSodium: 1041mgPotassium: 903mgFiber: 7gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 1150IUVitamin C: 40.1mgCalcium: 42mgIron: 1.8mg

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