Pork Butt

SamSpade

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I've probably asked this question before - can't recall - but what else do you do with a pork butt - and I mean, stuff you HAVE DONE, not things someone could do - besides pulled pork and pulled pork sandwiches?

I have one girl who just HATES barbecue, so even if we DO pulled pork, we set some aside without barbecue. Another just - in general - hates sandwiches. I am not kidding. She would rather have a hamburger on a plate, than in a bun.

But - a pork butt - well - it's pork. Dammit, it's gotta have great uses - I don't know - cubed, smoked, roasted, fried, baked. I am sure there's recipes.
I just want to know - what have YOU done?
 
PrchJrkr

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Just my opinion, but pulled pork for sandwiches shouldn't be sauced. Leave that up to the person eating it. Some folks like a sweet sauce, some like Carolina style, while some like just coleslaw on top. When you add a sauce, you take away that choice of the person eating it. Good smoky pork is just a base you start with.
 
Sneakers

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PrchJrkr said:
Just my opinion, but pulled pork for sandwiches shouldn't be sauced. Leave that up to the person eating it. Some folks like a sweet sauce, some like Carolina style, while some like just coleslaw on top. When you add a sauce, you take away that choice of the person eating it. Good smoky pork is just a base you start with.
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Agree. I'm the same way with chicken wings and salads, always sauce/dressing on the side.
 
vraiblonde

vraiblonde

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You use it like...meat.

First of all, don't pull and sauce the meat. If you want PPS you pull and sauce it as needed. The rest becomes:

Pork, pasta, veggie skillet
Pork fried rice
Chili
Spaghetti with red sauce (use cubed pork instead of ground beef like the Canadians do)
Baked potatoes loaded and topped with pork
Asian lettuce wraps with pork and peanut sauce
Nachos (because HELL YEAH!!)
Make au gratin potatoes and mix in pork before you bake it
Pork eggrolls

There are like a million things you can do with smoked pork besides PPS. I smoke a piggy bum and don't make a single sandwich out of it.
 
Gilligan

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vraiblonde said:
You use it like...meat.

First of all, don't pull and sauce the meat. If you want PPS you pull and sauce it as needed. The rest becomes:
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This^. Every time I roast a whole pig, a bunch of the meat that's hand-pulled off the finished pig gets bagged and frozen to be available for all manner of recipes later....pulled pork BBQ being only one of those.
 
black dog

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DaSDGuy said:
Pork Butt/Shoulder is always a hit during Ramadan
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While my kid is working in Kuwait and Iraq I have mailed him pounds of homemade beef jerkey. Sometimes I've labeled it dried pork just to see if anyone cares.
They've never opened any of his mail. Mail coming home is a different story.
 
lucky_bee

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My husband makes yummy enchiladas out of shredded pork. They freeze well, too.
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that's what I do. I always set some aside to make enchiladas with. I have a roasted poblano-sour cream enchilada recipe that pulled pork is MADE for :love: . We also fry up the last scraps with some potatoes and top with an egg for a hearty breakfast hash.

I don't care for a lot of bbq sauce myself, so we don't smoke our pork butt with it, it only gets added on the bun if we're having bbq pork sandwiches and we can add however much bbq sauce we want. Otherwise the pork is seasoned with generic seasoning (S&P, garlic & onion powders, smoked paprika)

Other things I've made with pulled pork
- tacos
- nachos
- quesadillas
- quick ragu sauce over pasta
- BBQ pork pizza (same as BBQ chicken pizza, just sub pork)
- chili - with or without ground beef. Once time we accidentally over-smoked a butt and it was pretty dry so I chopped it up instead of shredded, and a cup or two got added to every pot of chili I made that winter.
- "tamale pie" - my recipe calls itself that, but idk if that's what it is. It's basically either ground beef or pulled pork simmered with some peppers, onions, canned tomatoes and your choice in beans, poured into a casserole dish and topped with cheese then cornbread batter. Bake so the cornbread forms a top crust. Very popular in our house and can be made very mild for the kids.
- baked potato topping
- grilled cheese filling
- chipotle bowls (I've described this one before, like make-your-own Chipotle starting with rice, pork/chicken/beef/whatever, beans (black or pinto), then toppings of choice - salsa, sour cream, guacamole, cheese, corn, jalapeños, etc. My family loves this as they can customize it themselves)
- Hawaiian pork and rice (w/ pineapples)
- mac n cheese bowls topped with pork
- jerk pork over coconut rice and avocado-mango salsa (I go easy on the spice, my husband adds his own to make it spicier, I just can't anymore)
- pork fried rice (if I "pull" or shred the pork loosely so I have more chunks vs shreds, I like to make this)
- Asian pork bowl - rice, pulled pork mixed into some kind of teriyaki sauce, pickled onions, and cucumbers, sometimes edamame

I could probably keep going. I've made every single one of these at least once, and aside from the BBQ pizza and maybe the Hawaiian bowls, none used BBQ sauce. The trick is to season the pork with normal/generic flavors so that you can customize it later on. The fancy rubs are nice occasionally, but if it's a cut of meat I know we'll be making several meals out of, we tend to stick with my "house" seasoning which is salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and a little smoked paprika. I'm actually making a pulled pork later this week so we can take some camping. The rest will get portioned out into 2-3 cup servings and into freezer bags for another couple meals.

I bet Vrai has some soup ideas but I'm not a soup girly other than Chili.
 
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