The most amazing carnitas are so easy to make!

Just look at that crispy, caramelized pork! This meat is so juicy and tender and tasty!

Do you know why carnitas are the best? I mean, you probably do if you’re reading this post but let me put it out there anyway – in bullet form, of course:

carnitas are stupid simple to make, requiring little prep and little hands-on time

it makes a ton, so you can freeze half for a rainy day

the whole family will love them… because tacos!

perfect weekend meal + makes a weeknight feel special… because taco party!

they’re DELICIOUS!

The Instant Pot does all the heavy lifting in this recipe and it’s the reason that you can have this ready so quickly (relative to a slow cooker, which takes all day). The meat cooks in a sweet and tangy sauce made up of orange juice, lime juice and spices. Once the meat is done pressure cooking, you pour it out onto a sheet pan and then let the broiler take over. Broil the meat before you eat it so that you’ll get tender AND crispy meat. The BEST.

If this recipe looks a bit familiar, that’s because it is. I figured out the secret to good carnitas awhile ago when I shared this slow cooker carnitas recipe on the blog. I thought about just updating that recipe to include notes on how to make this in an Instant Pot, but so many of you like it the way it is so I didn’t want to suddenly change up the ingredients/method on you. Instead, I’m sharing this recipe which is similar, but to be honest – I like this one better.

Go ahead and make some tacos!