carnitas
plural noun
car·ni·tas kär-ˈnē-təz 
-ˈnē-täs
: small chunks or strips of meat and especially pork that are fried or roasted until crisp and are sometimes served in a burrito or taco
John picked up two six-packs of Michelob and cooked carnitas on his back porch.
Dagoberto Gilb
Dagoberto Gilb… I had made carnitas—that irresistible Mexican pork shoulder braised for hours with spices, then fried in its own fat until crisp … Mark Bittman
Mark Bittman
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Mexican Spanish, plural of carnita, diminutive of Spanish carne "meat," going back to Latin carn, carō "flesh, meat" — more at carnal
First Known Use
1949, in the meaning defined above