Q: My boyfriend is a big fan of pork, as evidenced by him cooking 6 pounds of pork shoulder on Sunday in our brand new slow cooker. Problem is, he's now going out of town which means that I am responsible for putting it to good use (i.e. eating it all), which is impossible. Any suggestions for how else to eat this delicious meat other than in tacos or pulled pork sandwiches (which are becoming a little boring)? Thanks a ton!
Sent by Jackie
Editor: Jackie, the good news here is that pulled pork freezes brilliantly. In fact, it's probably my favorite meal to freeze. Put it in one-serving-size containers — maybe with some beans — and you have lunches for a week. Also check out this post:
• Pulled Pork Shoulder: Ways to Use It All Week Long
Readers, any suggestions?
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With a little of the right kind of bbq sauce, you can make Bánh mì!
Definitely freeze it! It's so easy to get tired of something after eating it for too long. I like separating it out in individual portions so I can easily make myself a BBQ pulled pork sandwich for lunch. Warmed over some cornmeal pancakes is pretty spectacular, too!
Stuff it into some pablano peepers with some corn peppers and pepper jack cheese. Cook in the oven at 350 for about 45 min and enjoy. I do this with left over BBQ pork or beef. Amazing and you can flavor it any way you would like.
Pulled pork + sriracha + fork = blasphemy. Sweet, sweet blasphemy.
Definitely freeze it, but also it's pretty good in fried rice, and keep small servings separated in the freezer to drop in any time you cook beans or other slow-cook type foods for extra flavor.
Besides freezing, which is what we do with leftover crockpot pulled pork, here's a few ideas:
BBQ spaghetti... pulled pork, bbq sauce mixed with tomato sauce, toss with cooked spaghetti or ziti noodles and some shredded cheese...
If the meat is "unsauced", enchiladas are definitely an option and freeze well. Choose your favorite enchilada sauce (homemade or canned) and toss the meat with it until just moistened, add some shredded cheese, wrap in flour or corn tortillas and then top with more sauce. Freeze or bake and eat.
Use as you would roasted pork in a cuban sandwich...
We make pizza with ours. Sounds goofy but make a bbq chicken pizza but sub the chicken for any leftover grilled meat you have (we've done it with brisket as well). Thin red onion, good stringy cheese, bbq sauce and some grape tomatoes topped with pulled pork is a great summer dinner. Especially if you make it on the grill!
I really see no problem here....
Ditto on the freezing. It is not exactly stew season, but google Brunswick stew just in case.
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If it is unsauced, I would make a pork ragu sauce from it and serve over bowtie pasta. Yum!
Tamales!
Bored with pulled pork sandwiches?!?! This does not compute. How about having a pulled pork party! I would go to that.
I have three ways I use leftover pork that are all super yummy!
Spaghetti Squash Pad Thai
http://www.theclothesmakethegirl.com/2011/05/08/paleo-pad-thai/
Egg Foo Yung
http://www.theclothesmakethegirl.com/2010/08/08/paleo-egg-foo-yung/
Cauliflower Fried Rice
http://www.theclothesmakethegirl.com/2011/06/21/chinese-pork-fried-frice/
We chop ours up a bit and make a wonderful spicy chili out of it.
We also make grilled cheese sandwiches with the meat stuffed between two slices of cheese. Divine!!
I've used mine to make raviolis or beggars purses that were really good. Process the pork with some goat cheese and balsamic in a food processor to make it really finely chopped. If you don't want to make pasta, use wonton sheets to make the raviolis.
If the pork is already sauced:
Pulled Pork Pizza
Over a baked potato
Quesadilla
If unsauced:
Grilled Cheese
Enchiladas
Taco Salad
Taco
Nachos
Soup
Chili
Definitely freezable.
Step one: freeze it.
Step two: ship it to me.
If no BBQ sauce, use it as the base of banh mi on a baguette.
Use it in...
Fried rice
Breakfast burrito
Asian dumplings
http://rosemarried.wordpress.com/2011/03/06/recipe-swap-pork-apple-pot-pie-with-rosemary-gruyere-biscuits/
Yum.
I LOVE leftover pulled pork for banh mi, as others have mentioned. Plus it is a great excuse to stretch the homemade mayo muscle that I need to work on.
As others have said, it is one of the BEST freezer items. But if you don't have the space in the freezer, that just won't do.
I like pulled pork with potato pancakes and stewed apples (kinda like porkchops) and it's also pretty yummy as an additional to grilled cheese sandwiches with Meunster and a little pepper relish.
How about a tart with puff pastry squares, caramelized onions, pulled pork, and maybe something creamy like goat cheese?
Pork buns/char siu bao, definitely.
http://chinesefood.about.com/od/dimsumbuns/r/charsiubao.htm
One of my fave pulled pork recipes is pomegranate pulled pork. I'm sure you could improvise to use pre-cooked pork. http://www.culinarydisaster.com/wordpress/22/pomegranate-pulled-pork/
You could make some Cuban sandwiches!
Brunswick Stew! tomatoes, pulled pork and or other meat, corn, bbq sauce, some Crystal Hot Sauce...sooo good.
I second the brunswick stew. yummmmm!!
Freeze, with eggs, tacos/burritos, pulled pork sammies-the possibilities are endless. But, first and foremost-freeze that goodness for use later. Your other half will thank you upon his return.
ugh, i LOVE having this problem. pork week!
put it over cheese grits along with some kind of green.
on a grilled cheese.
on a pizza with barbecue sauce, mozzarella & provolone, thinly sliced onion and pickles. then hit it with a squeeze of lime and fresh cilantro after baking.
Made my fav enchiladas w/ pulled pork and they were out of this world!
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/11/white-chicken-enchiladas/
Posole!
Put it back together into a mini pig.
Just have a party and serve pulled pork tacos. Set up a buffet with all the trimmings and let each guest make their own tacos.
Why not freeze it until you're not sick of pork anymore? :)
I second (or third or fourth, I lost count) of the pulled pork enchiladas. But don't listen to those people saying don't do it if it's been BBQ sauced. Just make BBQ Pulled Pork Enchiladas! I did it with my last batch and just added a little BBQ sauce to the enchilada sauce for a slightly sweet sauce with kick!
Yum Yum Yum.
Freeze and use in MANY ways!
Enchiladas are awesome (I recommend ANY of Rick Bayless's recipes), as is in chili (http://candyskitchen.blogspot.com/2010/02/tlc-c-is-for.html) or a quesidilla!
My husband just put a pork loin in the slow cooker when I wasn't paying attention and I don't want sandwiches for dinner. Thanks for all the great ideas!