Method

Prep

• Preheat oven to 275°F
• Peel garlic
• Cut lime in half
• Trim pork shoulder and cut into ~2″ chunks
• Transfer the pork to a large mixing bowl
• Add the garlic, salt, spices, lime juice, and enough oil to coat the meat
• Use your hands to toss the ingredients together until the pork is evenly spiced
• Transfer to a 9x13″ casserole dish and cover tightly with heavy duty aluminum foil

Cook and Finish

• Bake for 3¹⁄₂ hours
• Remove the garlic chunks, and transfer the carnitas and accumulated juices to a bowl
• Use a spider to transfer the carnitas back to the casserole dish
• Use a spoon to baste the carnitas with some of the spiced, rendered fat
• Broil carnitas for ~5 minutes, possibly repeating the last step until they look amazing