Best 3 Cajeta Crock Pot Method Recipes
SLOW COOKER CARNITAS
Carnitas means 'little meats' and is traditionally fried then braised. This recipe is made much easier using the slow cooker but the results are just as tasty. This makes a great filling for tamales, enchiladas, tacos and burritos. This filling is also great combined with your favorite barbecue sauce and served on buns.
Provided by Erin Parker
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Latin American Mexican
Time 10h10m
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Mix together salt, garlic powder, cumin, oregano, coriander, and cinnamon in a bowl. Coat pork with the spice mixture. Place the bay leaves in the bottom of a slow cooker and place the pork on top. Pour the chicken broth around the sides of the pork, being careful not to rinse off the spice mixture.
- Cover and cook on Low until the pork shreds easily with a fork, about 10 hours. Turn the meat after it has cooked for 5 hours. When the pork is tender, remove from slow cooker, and shred with two forks. Use cooking liquid as needed to moisten the meat.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 222.7 calories, Carbohydrate 0.7 g, Cholesterol 73.3 mg, Fat 13.8 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 22.2 g, SaturatedFat 5 g, Sodium 474.3 mg, Sugar 0.3 g
CAJETA (CROCK POT METHOD)
The slow cooker allows milk to caramelize to a delicate golden brown with little monitoring. The result is Cajeta, the South American milk caramel sauce also known as dulce de leche. Pour it over fruit or a slice of pound cake, or stir it into vanilla ice cream. Adapted from Country Living magazine.
Provided by Sharon123
Categories Sauces
Time 10h10m
Yield 1 cup
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Combine all ingredients in slow cooker. Stir well, and cook on high for 10 hours.
- Stir occasionally the last hour.
- Strain through a fine strainer and then store in the refrigerator for up to three weeks.
- Serve at room temperature. Good over cake, fruit, and ice cream. Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1413.7, Fat 36.1, SaturatedFat 22.1, Cholesterol 102.5, Sodium 754.1, Carbohydrate 246.2, Sugar 247.2, Protein 33.1
TWENTY-FOUR HOUR CAJETA (DULCE DE LECHE) BY RICK BAYLESS
From Rick Bayless book "Frontera". There is another Bayless cajeta recipe on this site, but it is done on the stove. This one is easier and is made in a crock-pot. Dulce de leche is readily available here in Costa RIca and is very inexpensive. But it doesn't compare to this wonderful recipe. Especially when you make it with fresh, raw goat's milk. Yum!
Provided by Jostlori
Categories Mexican
Time P1D
Yield 3 cups
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Dissolve baking soda in the tablespoon of water. Set aside.
- Pour the milk into the slow cooker. Whisk in the sugar. Add the cinnamon stick and the dissolved baking soda. Stir well.
- Turn slow cooker on high and cook, uncovered, for 24 hours, but see next step before leaving it alone that long.
- After about 18 hours, the cajeta will have darkened into light golden brown. That's when to keep an eye on it. Stir from time to time to make sure it cooks evenly.
- When it is noticeably thick and richly golden, test a couple of drops on a cold plate. The cooled cajeta should be the consistency of caramel sauce. If still a little runny, cook longer until it reaches consistency.
- When cajeta is ready, strain through fine mesh into a bowl or wide mouth storage jar.
- It will keep for a month or more, covered, in the refrigerator. But who could possibly leave it for a month? You'll be wanting to put it on everything!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 932.4, Fat 23.8, SaturatedFat 14.8, Cholesterol 91.1, Sodium 530.1, Carbohydrate 163.6, Sugar 133.1, Protein 21.3
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