Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas

Name: Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas
Ingredients: 2 pounds boneless pork shoulder; Salt; 1 1/2 to 2 cups freshly rendered pork lard (you can buy good-quality lard from a local butcher or Mexican market; I don't recommend the hydrogenated lard that's sold in bricks); 3 serranos (or 2 jalapeños) stemmed, seeded if you wish; 10 unpeeled garlic cloves; 1 15-ounce can fire-roasted tomatoes, drained; 1/2 cup chopped cilantro (divided use); 3 or 4 limes (divided use); 3 ripe avocados, pitted, flesh scooped from the skins; 2 dozen corn tortillas

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Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas - Delicious and tender slow-cooked pork shoulder, perfect for tacos.Serve: 6. [155 characters]

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Ingredients

2 pounds boneless pork shoulder
Salt
1 1/2 to 2 cups freshly rendered pork lard (you can buy good-quality lard from a local butcher or Mexican market; I don't recommend the hydrogenated lard that's sold in bricks)
3 serranos (or 2 jalapeños) stemmed, seeded if you wish
10 unpeeled garlic cloves
1 15-ounce can fire-roasted tomatoes, drained
1/2 cup chopped cilantro (divided use)
3 or 4 limes (divided use)
3 ripe avocados, pitted, flesh scooped from the skins
2 dozen corn tortillas