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Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, slow cooker chicken carnitas. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook slow cooker chicken carnitas using 27 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas:

1. Prepare 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2. Take 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
3. Get 1/3 cup apple juice
4. Make ready to taste Cumin
5. Take to taste Garlic powder
6. Get to taste Salt
7. Make ready to taste Pepper
8. Make ready 3 bay leaves
9. Prepare 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)
10. Make ready 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
11. Take 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
12. Get 1/3 cup apple juice
13. Get to taste Cumin
14. Take to taste Garlic powder
15. Prepare to taste Salt
16. Take to taste Pepper
17. Make ready 3 bay leaves
18. Get 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)
19. Take 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
20. Take 1 navel orange (halved. One half reserved one half sliced)
21. Take 1/3 cup apple juice
22. Get to taste Cumin
23. Prepare to taste Garlic powder
24. Make ready to taste Salt
25. Prepare to taste Pepper
26. Get 3 bay leaves
27. Get 4 tbsp olive oil (divided)

Instructions to make Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas:

1. Pour apple juice into slow cooker and place chicken breasts.
2. Season chicken with cumin, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Place sliced oranges on top. Squeeze remaining orange over chicken.
3. Cover and cook on high for 3 hours. After 3 hours, remove chicken and remove bay leaves and orange slices. Shred and return to cooker mixing with juices. Cook on high another hour.
4. Set broiler to high. Place chicken on baking sheet and drizzle with 2 tbsp olive oil. Broil for 5 minutes.
5. Remove and drizzle with remaining 2 tbsp olive oil and broil another 5 minutes.
6. Remove and serve on flour or corn tortillas with your favorite fixings. Enjoy!
7. Season chicken with cumin, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Place sliced oranges on top. Squeeze remaining orange over chicken.
8. Cover and cook on high for 3 hours. After 3 hours, remove chicken and shred and return to cooker mixing with juices. Cook on high another hour.
9. Set broiler to high. Place chicken on baking sheet and drizzle with 2 tbsp olive oil. Broil for 5 minutes.
10. Remove and drizzle with remaining 2 tbsp olive oil and broil another 5 minutes.
11. Remove and serve on flour or corn tortillas with your favorite fixings. Enjoy!
12. Season chicken with cumin, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Place sliced oranges on top. Squeeze remaining orange over chicken.
13. Cover and cook on high for 3 hours. After 3 hours, remove chicken and shred and return to cooker mixing with juices. Cook on high another hour.
14. Set broiler to high. Place chicken on baking sheet and drizzle with 2 tbsp olive oil. Broil for 5 minutes.
15. Remove and drizzle with remaining 2 tbsp olive oil and broil another 5 minutes.
16. Remove and serve on flour or corn tortillas with your favorite fixings. Enjoy!

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