I’ve recently discovered a new favourite dish – pulled pork.
I don’t know why I didn’t make it sooner. Chuck it in the oven on low for 5-6
hours and low and behold, you have a tasty dish that took minimal effort but
can feed a lot of people.
Initially I tried a few different recipes but none of them
taste quite right until I tried this Slimming World recipe. I tweaked it
slightly and cooked it in the oven as we don’t have a slow cooker and well… all
I can say is – why have I waited so long to make and enjoy this wonderful cut
of meat?
I tend to get my pork shoulder from Aldi, it’s about £3 - £4
for 1.5kg and we get a lot of meat
from that. It gives us a generous helping at dinner, enough for lunch the next
day and my new discovery – turning the remaining into cottage pie (post to be shared later this week).
You can serve the pulled pork with your choice of sides. I
prefer to whip up some egg fried rice that I pack full of veggies – peppers,
onions, carrots, peas, sweetcorn, courgette, mushrooms and sundried tomatoes.
Whatever veg is in the fridge I add it to the rice cos I’ll be honest here – I’m
not a big veg fan and often push it around the plate so I find this is a great
way to up my intake (yes, I know, this makes me sound like I’m a child).
BBQ Pulled Pork
1.5kg pork shoulder
5 tbsp
Worcestershire sauce
3 tsp mustard
powder
500g passata
3 tbsp balsamic
vinegar
3 cloves of garlic,
crushed
Sprinkling of chilli flakes
- Preheat the oven to 140C (fan)
- Pop all the ingredients in a casserole dish, season well, stir to combine and place the pork shoulder in the dish taking care to cover the meat in the sauce.
- Cover the dish and place in the oven for 5-6 hours.
- Once cooked remove the fat and shred with 2 forks.
- Stir into the sauce remaining in the bottom of the dish.
- Serve with a side of your choice.
Enjoy!
4 comments
I saw the title of your post and my heart sank, "yet another BBQ recipe which I won't like" I thought, but then I saw that your BBQ sauce has no sweetness added to it! I like BBQ in theory, I just hate the sweetness that most sauces have to them, but this sauce sounds perfect! Pulled pork ahoy!
ReplyDeleteRachel x
The Inelegant Wench
I don't get the need to add sweetness to it either. The original recipe tells you to add sweetener but I just don't get it - sugar is for puddings not for mains! I left it out and it's fine :)
ReplyDeleteI'm almost ashamed to say I've never actually made pulled pork before! This looks like a simple recipe to try though so I'll have no excuse for not giving it a go! :-) xx
ReplyDeleteI hadn't ever made it until recently. Make sure to try it, it's so easy!
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