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These slow cooker pork carnitas lettuce wraps are a great low carb dinner that take minutes to make. Get the slow cooker ready the night before and have diner on the table in 5 minutes!

Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas Lettuce Wraps (low carb)

These slow cooker pork carnitas lettuce wraps are a great low carb dinner that take minutes to make. Get the slow cooker ready the night before and have diner on the table in 5 minutes!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 18 minutes
Servings 12
Author Denise Wright (MyLifeCookbook.com)

Ingredients

  • 3 lb pork shoulder roast
  • 5 cloves garlic cut into slivers
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • zest of 1 lime
  • juice of 1 lime
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • ½ teaspoon cumin
  • juice of 1 orange
  • lettuce leaves

Instructions

  1. The night before, make slits in the roast and shove a piece of garlic in, all around the roast.
  2. In a small bowl, mix salt, oregano, lime zest, cumin and lime juice to make a paste.
  3. Spread all around the roast and refrigerate over night.
  4. Then next morning pour the orange juice in the bottom of the slow cooker.
  5. Place roast in a slow cooker and cook on low for 8 hours.
  6. When finished, take off lid and shred pork with two forks. Let mix with juices.
  7. Place of lettuce leaves and garnish with avocado, cilantro, jalapeño and radish. Can use any garnish you like.