Instant Pot Carnitas will feed a crowd or your family for days. So quick and easy in the pressure cooker but if you don’t have one, try my slow cooker version.
Trim any excess fat on the exterior of the pork butt, cut it into smaller pieces and then place it in the Instant Pot.
In a medium size bowl or 4-cup measuring cup, mix the next 13 ingredients together and then pour over the pork butt in the Instant Pot.
Set it for 75 minutes high pressure, making sure the vent is in sealing position.
Let it natural pressure release for about 20 minutes, then release any more pressure and carefully open the lid. The pork is ready when you can put a fork in it and it feels like it will fall apart.
Remove the pork from the pressure cooker and place it on a large cutting board to cool. When cool enough to handle, shred it with two forks, removing any large chunks of fat you find along the way.
On a foil-lined sheet pan, place a single layer of the shredded pork and drizzle the pork with a bit of the cooking juice.
Turn on the broiler and place the pork under the broiler (about 6 inches away) and let it crisp up for about 5 minutes (time will vary depending on how far away from the broiler you place the pan and how hot your broiler is. Mine was set for convect broil at 450 degrees about 6 inches from the element.)
The pork will now have some of the crispness you traditionally find in fried carnitas.
Serve with corn or flour tortillas and a variety of taco garnishings such as salsa, sour cream, avocado, fresh tomatoes, crisp lettuce, a blend of Mexican cheeses, cilantro or as a platter with refried beans, rice, and salad.
Notes
The additional 20 minutes in the recipe is the time to let the natural pressure release and to shred the pork and broil it.
The 100 minutes cook time takes into account extra time for the Instant Pot to come to pressure before the 75 minutes of cooking.
If your boneless pork butt is less than 6 pounds, you can probably reduce your pressure cooking to 60 minutes from 75. That, along with the natural pressure release should work fine.