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Carnitas tapatio is the Jalisco-style slow-cooked pork, shoulder cuts confit in lard with orange peel, milk and herbs until tender, then crisped and served with tortillas, salsa verde and onion.
Carnitas is a colonial Mexican dish with origins in Michoacan, where pork was confit in lard in massive copper cazos. The Jalisco-style carnitas tapatio adds milk and orange peel to the cooking liquid, softening the pork and adding a slightly sweet caramelised note. The technique is widely practiced across Guadalajara fondas; El Carnal in Tlaquepaque, Casa Fuerte and Los Famosos Equipales serve canonical Tapatio versions. The Sunday-lunch tradition is buying carnitas by the kilo from a local fonda and bringing home tortillas, salsa verde and chopped onion.
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