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carnitas
braised pork
Mexican pork slow-cooked in lard
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Carnitas are braised pork, or literally little pieces of carne0, which is how the pork gets served in a taco.
carnitas
braised pork, carnitas
Pork cooked slowly in lard until it is tender inside and browned at the edges, then chopped up into smaller pieces. The word is always plural, since what you get is a scatter of little pieces rather than one cut of meat.
Mi tío prepara las mejores carnitas del puebloMy uncle makes the best braised pork in town
Pedimos tres tacos de carnitas y dos aguas frescasWe ordered three carnitas tacos and two aguas frescas