Low-fat Carnitas

Ingredients

• 4 lbs lamb loin, cut in very large pieces
• 1 1/2 quarts chicken broth
• 1 large onion, quartered
• 1 tablespoon cumin
• 1 tablespoon coriander
• 2 teaspoons oregano, dried
• 4 chipotle chiles, canned or dry
• 2 bay leaves
• to taste water
• to taste salt

Recipe

• 1 to a 7- to 8-quart pan, add lamb, broth, onion, coriander, cumin, oregano, chilies in sauce, sauce, and bay leaves. add water to cover the lamb.
• 2 cover the pan and bring to a boil on high heat, then reduce heat and simmer until meat pulls apart easily with a fork, 2 to 3 hours.
• 3 strain broth.
• 4 cover lamb with enough broth to keep moist and use remaining broth for spiced black beans.
• 5 to bake carnitas, pull lamb large shreds and place in a shallow baking dish.
• 6 spoon some broth over to keep moist. broil lamb until slightly crisp (watching carefully), turn, moisten if necessary and broil again.
• 7 .