Recipe of the Week – Pulled Pork
June 9, 2008 at 10:00 am 1 comment
The kids stopped in yesterday with their kids, Avery is almost 3 and Alexis is just 5 weeks. After a trip to the playground in the heat it was time to figure out lunch. I guess i could have called this, “Too Hot to Cook but Not to Thaw”. As we talked about in Meal Planning – Winning the Trifecta it pays to cook batches of food and freeze them for later use. I microwaved a frozen container of pulled pork, made a quick coleslaw, added pickles and chips and everyone was happy. Side note here… I usually like my coleslaw directly on top of the sandwich, unlike my photo above.
P.S. For dessert we had carrot cake, also frozen in individual packets and thawed as needed. The carrot cake is the Featured Recipe this week at www.emealsforyou.com.
Pulled Pork
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 10 |
| Category: | The Other Meat Entrée |
| Meal: | other (General) |
| 4 | lb | pork, shoulder roast, bone-in |
| 1 | recipe | dry rub |
| 3 | Tb | vinegar, cider |
| 1 | Tb | ketchup |
| 4 | Tb | water |
Rub dry rub (recipe follows) all over pork roast. Place in oven-proof pan and cook in oven at 275 degrees for 4-5 hours or until meat pulls easily off the bone. Remove from pan and shred meat with two forks. discard the bone. Pour water, vinegar and ketchup into pan and stir to remove all fond (the brown bits) and juices. Pour over meat and stir.
Note: You may choose to serve pork with additional store-brand barbeque sauce.
Dry Rub
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 8 |
| Category: | Misc |
| Meal: | other (General) |
| 0.75 | Tb | cumin, ground |
| 0.5 | tsp | pepper, cayenne |
| 1 | tsp | pepper, fresh ground |
| 1 | tsp | paprika, sweet |
| 1 | Tb | garlic powder |
| 1 | Tb | onion, granulated, dry |
| 2 | tsp | mustard, dried |
| 1 | Tb | chili powder |
| 2 | Tb | sugar, brown |
| 0.5 | tsp | salt, kosher |
Combine all ingredients in a small bowl. May be stored in an air-tight container for months.
Note: Use on pork, beef and chicken.
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