Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, slow cooker chicken carnitas. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is something that I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have slow cooker chicken carnitas using 27 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas:

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

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