Take an hour and make these delicious meal prep carnitas burrito bowls so that you can have an easy on-the-go meal ready for during the week!
Recipe By: Fit Foodie Finds
Ingredients
For the Carnitas
1 pound pork loin (option to use chicken breast instead)
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 tablespoons orange juice
⅓ cup lime juice
3 teaspoon cumin
2 teaspoons smoked paprika
salt and pepper, to taste
¼ cup green chiles
For the Street Corn
1 can yellow sweet corn
2 tablespoons lime juice
½ tablespoon apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
⅓ cup red onion, finely chopped
⅓ cup cojita cheese, crumbled
½ teaspoon paprika
salt and pepper, to taste
Cilantro Lime Brown Rice
Other Ingredients
Black beans
4-8 cups Romaine
Lime wedges
Instructions
For the Carnitas
Place pork loin and minced garlic into your crockpot and turn to high. Cook for 2 hours. (Alternatively, turn to low and slow cook for 6-8 hours). Remove pork loin and shred with 2 forks. Place shredded pork into a large bowl and add in the rest of the carnitas ingredients and mix.
For the Street Corn
Mix together all ingredients in a medium size bowl.
For the Cilantro Lime Brown Rice
To Assemble Bowls
Place about 2 cups of romaine lettuce on the bottom of your bowl. Then add ¼ of the meat (4 oz.), about ¾ cups cilantro lime brown rice, ½ cup street corn, and ¼ cup black beans.
Serve with fresh lime and more cojita!