Beef Carnitas

Ingredients

• 2 pounds beef stew meat trimmed cut into 1-inch pieces
• 0.5 teaspoon pepper red crushed
• 3  garlic cloves crushed
• 1 cup less-sodium beef broth 
• 1 cup onion chopped
• 1 large orange wedge unpeeled
• 0.8 teaspoon salt 
• 1 teaspoon sugar 

Equipment

• frying pan
• dutch oven

Directions

1. Heat a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray.
2. Add onion; saut 4 minutes or until tender.
3. Add garlic; saut 1 minute.
4. Add beef; saut 5 minutes or until beef is browned on all sides. Stir in broth, sugar, salt, and pepper; nestle orange section into beef mixture. Bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 1 hours or until beef is tender.
5. Remove and discard orange. Continue simmering, uncovered, 8 minutes or until liquid almost evaporates, stirring frequently.