To enjoy place 1 cup of slaw, 1/2 cup of butternut squash, and 1/3 or 4-6 oz. of pork into a bowl, add your favorite salsa and eat up!
Enjoy taco style with Siete tortillas! Heat up two tortillas either in a pan or in the microwave with damp cloth covering the tortillas. Add pork, squash, slaw. If you want extra toppings try avocado, salsa, and a sprinkle of grass-fed cheddar cheese!
If you would like to enjoy this with other proteins steak, fish, and grilled chicken go great with this! That is the beauty of this recipe! Enjoy!!!
Carnitas with roasted butternut squash and cilantro slaw
Carnitas:
3lbs of Organic Pork Shoulder
Salt and Pepper
Cumin
Paprika
Orange cut into 1/8ths
1/2 cup Water
Roasted Butternut Squash
20oz. Cubed Butternut Squash 1/2”x1/2”
Salt and Pepper
Avocado Oil
Cilantro Slaw
1 Head of Cabbage
1/2 a White Onion
1 Jalepeno
1 Garlic Clove
1 Bunch of Cilantro
3 Limes
1/2 Cup Primal Kitchen Mayo
1/2 tsp Salt
Directions: Carnitas
Preheat oven to 350F
Thinly slice onion and place on bottom of roasting pan or dutch oven.
Place pork shoulder in dutch oven or roasting pan.
Mix dry ingredients together in a small bowl and rub the pork shoulder all over.
Cut orange into 1/8ths and squeeze some of the juice out and place in roasting pan. Pour water into pan.
Cover with lid or foil and place in oven. Let cook for 3-4 hours or until meat starts to fall apart.
Take out orange slices and shred meat with forks.
Directions: Butternut Squash
Line baking sheet with parchment.
Place cubed butternut squash in baking sheet.
Sprinkle with avocado oil, salt and, pepper.
Roast at 400F for 20-30 minutes.
Directions: Cilantro Slaw
Small Dice (1/4”x1/4”x1/4”) the onion and place in glass bowl.
Brunoise the jalepeno and mince the garlic and add to onions.
Cut limes in half and juice onto the onion mixture.
Add salt to onion mixture and stir.
Wash and roughly chop the cilantro and add to onion mixture.
Finely shred the cabbage head.
Add mayo to onion mixture and stir to combine.
Add cabbage and coat entirely.