Recipes similar to Carnitas

A classic Tex-Mex dish, pork Asado is pork slow cooked in a garlic and chile sauce. The chiles used in this recipe are dried and before using them, they have to be dehydrated, ie, soaked in water for 8 to 10 hours. It is therefore best to soak the chiles a day ahead.
 

Carnitas is a favorite Mexican dish and one of the most popular pork recipes worldwide. Carnitas is Spanish for 'small meats' and that is what it is, pork shoulder braised in herbs and spices, cut in small pieces and baked until caramelized then served on warm tortillas or tacos with typical Mexican ingredients such as salsa, avocado and onion.
 

Chicken enchiladas are chicken with enchilada sauce and cheese wrapped in a flour tortilla and baked in the oven. This chicken used in the recipe is first marinated in a marinade made of ancho chiles (a type of dried chiles), garlic, onion and spices. The chicken is then pan fried, sliced and used as a filling for the flour tortillas, together with enchilada sauce, onion and cheese. Enchiladas make a great dish when served with fried rice and Mexican condiments such as guacamole, sour cream, jalapeno peppers and salsa.
 

Tortillas filled with pork and lettuce. The pork is slow cooked for about 4 hours together with garlic, onion, spices and ancho chile until tender and falling apart. Note that there is no cheese or beans in this recipe.
 

A great red chili sauce, ideal with many Mexican dishes such as enchiladas, chimichangas, tamales, tacos, burritos and more. Easy to make, this sauce can be refrigerated and sevelar weeks.
 

Pork shoulder cooked in a chili, oregano and coriander sauce, wrapped with cheese in flour tortillas. A simple, delicious, typical Tex-Mex dish.
 

Another easy to make Mexican dish that makes use of left over, stale corn tortillas. The tortillas are quartered and fried until crispy, then cooked in a homemade tomatillo and ancho chile salsa together with cooked chicken. This dish is served with sour cream, Mexican Cotija cheese and lime wedges. Note that you can omit the chicken if you like. 

This is a variation of the chicken enchiladas verde that uses over roasted tomato sauce instead of the tomatillo (Verde) sauce. This traditional Mexican recipe using flour tortillas, first fried in vegetable oil, then stuffed with cooked chicken, oven roasted tomato sauce and chili tomato sauce, rolled up, topped with more tomato sauce and cheese and baked for a few minutes in the oven. The roasted tomato sauce (recipe included) takes 6 to 8 hours to prepare but the result is worth the effort. You can make extra tomato sauce and refrigerate it.
 

Another great Mexican recipe, lamb barbacoa or barbequed lamb is lamb marinated in a chile sauce, slow cooked in the oven for 3 1/2 to 4 hours and served in a flour tortilla with onion, coriander and Mexican salsa. The original recipe called for cooking the meat in a pit, over a pot with water that was sitting on hot coals. The same method can be used to make pork barbacoa.
 

A classic red chili sauce, ideal for Mexican dishes such as enchiladas, chimichangas, tamales etc. The sauce can be made in advance and refrigerated for up to one month.