Mexican Carnitas is a delicious pork dinner. Tender and tasty, it’s filled with spices and cooked in a slow cooker until it falls apart.
A healthy, low calorie, low carb dinner option with only 223 calories. Weight Watchers friendly with 6 WW Freestyle Points and 6 Smart Points.
This recipe makes 10 servings, so you have have it for dinner multiple nights, or have it for lunch the next day!
You don’t have to spend much time making it. Just throw it in the slow cooker, and you’re done!
Who doesn’t love a super easy meal?
Weight Watchers Crock Pot Carnitas – Mexican Pulled Pork Recipe with garlic powder, cumin, oregano, cinnamon, and chicken broth. A low carb, low calorie dinner with 223 calories, 6 WW Freestyle Points and 6 Smart Points
INGREDIENTS
- 2 bay leaves
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp cumin
- ½ tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp salt
- 4 lbs boneless pork shoulder roast
- 2 cups chicken broth
INSTRUCTIONS
- Put bay leaves on bottom of Crock Pot.
- In a small mixing bowl, combine cinnamon, cumin, garlic powder, coriander, and salt. Mix.
- Rub pork with spice mix, and place in Crock Pot on top of bay leaves.
- Add chicken broth to the Crock Pot, don’t pour over pork, pour around it to not disturb the spice mix on top.
- Put Crock Pot on low setting, cover and cook approx 10 hours or until the pork will shred with fork, flipping the pork halfway through,
- Remove pork from Crock Pot and shred with a fork.
- NOTES
- MyWW Points: 6 Blue Plan and 6 Green Plan
- 6 WW Freestyle Points and 6 Weight Watchers Smart Points
- NUTRITION
- Calories: 223kcalCarbohydrates: 0.7gProtein: 22.2gFat: 13.8gSaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 73.3mgFiber: 0.2gSugar: 0.3g
